Baby Goat Weak Front Legs

Sometimes weakness in the legs can be from a selenium or vitamin E deficiency but the neck part is something beyond that.

Baby goat weak front legs. Any damage that is already been done might be permanent. They might push themselves around with their back legs while their front legs are buckled. I have a three one-half year old doe kidded in March.

After years of raising Zebu we have taken these calves with weak joints which come from pulling to hard or sometimes the positioning in the cow. This is why one of the most important life-saving ways we goat keepers can help our does during labor is to be ready to clean airways as babies come out. Does have strutted udders.

A dam is not going to waste her energy or colostrum on a kid that cannot stand. New born Zebu with weak front legs I am sure we have all had this at one time or another for those that are starting out or just being this is something to be address right away. The kid will stop suckling a bottle or nursing well although it will still be able to swallow.

She may even be overrun by parasites as this can kill a goat. Testing the spinal fluid is more expensive than just treating. A weak kid cannot stand to nurse its mother.

Their back legs may splay out and their head may curl back over their back. With severe neglect sled-runner or Turkish slippertype hooves with elongated toes may cause the goat to walk on its heels. In our early days of goat keeping we saw signs of selenium deficiency.

Whether your goat is a baby factory like my Phoebe or not the most common goat birth complication is the risk of suffocation. His other legs are totally weak and he cannot support himself. Walking on pasterns can indicate selenium deficiency.