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07-06-2017, 09:15 PM
(07-06-2017, 02:33 PM)Nanno Wrote: It just struck me that Yukon and Huck are brothers but Pluto is unrelated, right? Pluto was on that same pack trip in the same truck with the other two but didn't get sick. Are the two girls also sisters to each other? Are they possibly related to Huck and Yukon through the sire? I just wonder if this is somehow genetically linked.
Yukon, Huck, and Denali are triplets, Denali is remaining a healthy, happy goat thus far. Kivuli, and Echo are twins. Their lineage doesn't cross as far as I can see. Pluto was in the same truck and overnight trip so he had 100% exposure from the beginning and still isn't showing signs of illness. My best guess is a difference in immune systems, and/or different response to stress. Huck and Yukon's fever was FAR worst than the does, keeping them below 105 even with the highest safe dose of banamine every 6 hours IV was switching back and forth, and hosing them down, all night and day long.
In the future I will have to look for some more pack prospects but for now I'm going to give these guys all I can.
When I think of losing them, I too think of all the cool stuff they'll miss out on.
Today we stroll the neighborhood, someday we'll climb mountains together.. 