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10-13-2020, 08:26 PM
Rockie, our previous lamancha nuby cross went down yesterday afternoon. We got him to vet today.
He had apparently hurt his back right leg, limping badly a couple days, then seemed to be making a speedy recovery. Then day before yesterday, hurt it again, this time swelling much worse and a scrape. Due to fact that last time we had vet set a leg, it came out terribly mangled. So we decided to give him a couple days again and see. Instead, yesterday, he went down and seemed unable to get up. We got him to vet today. She said he seemed to have feeling in injured leg but no feeling in hind left leg...it was as if he didn't know that leg existed. She said it was neurological. We are very confused. There was no problem with that leg until he just collapsed.yesterday.
Radiology showed no joint damage in swollen leg. She gave him a steroid shot and 2 more to give next two days. She said if no improvement in 3 days, time to put him down. Others on Goat Tips say he needs at least 5 days steroids and more time to recover than 3 days. Tonight we did witness him raise up on both back legs for short time but couldn't get his front legs under him.
Anyone been thru something like this? What was the outcome?
He had apparently hurt his back right leg, limping badly a couple days, then seemed to be making a speedy recovery. Then day before yesterday, hurt it again, this time swelling much worse and a scrape. Due to fact that last time we had vet set a leg, it came out terribly mangled. So we decided to give him a couple days again and see. Instead, yesterday, he went down and seemed unable to get up. We got him to vet today. She said he seemed to have feeling in injured leg but no feeling in hind left leg...it was as if he didn't know that leg existed. She said it was neurological. We are very confused. There was no problem with that leg until he just collapsed.yesterday.
Radiology showed no joint damage in swollen leg. She gave him a steroid shot and 2 more to give next two days. She said if no improvement in 3 days, time to put him down. Others on Goat Tips say he needs at least 5 days steroids and more time to recover than 3 days. Tonight we did witness him raise up on both back legs for short time but couldn't get his front legs under him.
Anyone been thru something like this? What was the outcome?