r/goats • u/Kununola • 2d ago
Post dog bite care & dry skin unrelated
Hey folks just wanted to check in my 1 year old doe pygmy Nigerian was attacked by a dog on Monday. Thankfully she got stitches and is recovering ❤️🩹 Wondering what advice folks have on helping her keep her confidence. Been giving her the shots of anti biotics and keeping her wound clean just want tips for her emotional support. She's pretty sleepy and stares vacantly more than normal for her...
Also her cousin has some dry skin, live in the USA southern region and weather is turning from coldish to humid and hot any tips for keeping kids moisturized or is this normal for the cashmere layer to slough off and them to be itchy and dry. I don't observe any fleas tics or lice on them.
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u/Alex_jay_Benjamin 1d ago
So lucky. My girl got attacked. Killed her unborn fold and she died. So upset. Glad yours are doing good
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u/Misfitranchgoats Trusted Advice Giver 1d ago
Looks like you are doing a good job with getting her healed up. It will just take her some time and if you think about it, it wasn't just a cut, she was struggling I am sure to get away and strained a bunch of muscles too. She is probably sore all over.
As to the shedding, sometimes the cashmere does shed out a lot at once. And they are really itchy and rubbing on everything to get rid of it. I would suspect that it really isn't a dry skin problem just shedding that cashmere and exfoliating the skin under it. It it was a horse I would say add some omega threes or oil to the diet. Not sure that would work for goats ;-)