My goat's horn is injured. What first aid can I give before the vet?

If there is infection, she should be getting antibiotics. You can milk the udder, just discard the milk. Keeping the wound clean and dry will aid in healing. You can use diluted Betadine to clean it once or twice daily. Change the bedding frequently if she is in a stall. A serious wound should be addressed by a veterinarian experienced in treating small ruminants.

Hello. You should be able to treat this yourself. By the way it looks, I would be using wet dressings to help with drainage. You can use many materials, but the least expensive would be a woman's sanitary napkin or other thicker absorbant pad. Cut the pad to slightly larger than the wound & wet the bandage with sterile saline ( most pharmacies will have some type of simple saline wound wash ). Wet the pad so it is damp but not dripping & bandage this to the leg. No need for antibiotics, although plain granulated sugar or even honey placed on the pad will add an antimicrobial element to the dressing. Change the dressing daily & you will be surprised how much debris will be on the pad each day. Just keep doing this & the wound should start to look much better in another week to 10 days. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Hey there. From the pictures I can't really tell what that is exactly. In general with cattle I start with penicillin and add on as needed. They will probably need to flush the area as well. You can also get some diluted iodine to pour on in the meantime. Make sure you put on some fly spray so it isn't getting parasites in the wound. Hope this helps you.

Without seeing the injury it's difficult to know how urgently this needs veterinary attention, but it's always best to have a veterinarian evaluate the injury to ensure adequate healing and prevention of infection. For now, it's important to keep the wound clean. Flush the wound with clean water for five minutes twice a day. This may take two people: One to hold the flipper out, while the other flushes the wound with a syringe or other device that good pressure can be applied. It's also very important to ensure the water in the turtle's tank is kept extra clean while the wound is healing. Your vet will be able to offer more advice when they see the injury. I hope that helps and Lebron gets better soon.

Poor Lucky! I'm glad to hear that his vet will be checking him out tomorrow. From the picture, the skin lesion looks most like a hot spot (aka acute moist dermatitis). If you have clippers on hand, you can try to carefully trip the hair over and around this skin lesion to allow for better air flow. You can also gently clean his skin with an antiseptic solution, such as diluted chlorhexidine or diluted betadine, but be sure to rinse and dry thoroughly. If Lucky is scratching at his neck, it would be best to put an e-collar (cone) on until his appointment. The vet may need to prescribe antibiotics, steroids, or topical sprays to help this lesion to heal. I hope this helps and that all goes well!

This will depend on where on the hoof she nicked it. I would wash and scrub the hoof with water and then apply a disinfectant spray to the cut. You will need to watch the hoof for infection and lameness. If the cow starts to go lame, do not wait for it to go away by itself, because it will not. Call out a vet, as she likely will need prescription antibiotics, pain medicine and thee injury may have to be debrided to facilitate healing.

That is not recommended as these drugs are not designed for animals, especially with such a different anatomy and physiology like goats. I would recommend if possible to contact your local vet and if not available to explain/describe the problem you wrote on the forum for to receive a specific answer from us.