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Category: A little of this and a little of that. | Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 2:42 pm

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I think some of you knew that we had two fainting goat weathers. Ziggy and Sweet Pea. Well the end of April my hubby noticed that Ziggy was acting strange. Lying down, getting up and rubbing his head against his stall walls. Ziggy was born hear when I was raising Fainting goats 8yrs ago now. He was still our silly little goats who loved attention. When ever he would see you outside he would talk to you and want you come over and give him a good scratching.
So I called the vet to come out and see what was the matter. Of course it was on a Saturday. He checked him over and gave us the bad news. He had a urinary calculous that was blocking his urinary track and that they was no treatment for it.
In my heart I knew that is what the doc would say.
So we had him put to sleep. Both my hubby and I stood there hugging each other and crying.
Our other goat Sweet Pea knew something was up. He came over and smelled Ziggy and looked at him lying in the stall. We left Ziggy in the barn for several days so Sweet Pea wouldn't panic and run around and look for him after we took him out of he barn.
That was had to see him for several days just lying there dead. So on the third day we loaded him up into a small trailer and my hubby hauled down to the bottom of our wooded property and covered him with old straw and tree branch's. The ground was still frozen and we couldn't even bury him.
I said no more goats. So we found Sweet Pea a home that had other goats as they need to not be alone. As I typed this I still had tears in my eyes thinking about our funny, and friendly Ziggy.


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Donna S wrote on Sun May 25, 2014 4:29 pm:

So sorry Tooty. It's so hard to lose our pets.

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Frank wrote on Sun May 25, 2014 5:37 pm:

Very sorry to hear about Ziggy Tooty. I love goats - they are so curious and intelligent. I can imagine the heartbreak after having one as a pet for so long.
RIP Ziggy.

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Sun May 25, 2014 10:13 pm:

I'm sorry Toots. Goats make great pets, full of personality and very smart too. I am sorry you lost Ziggy. You are right though that Sweet Pea needed to be with other goats. So sorry.

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waretrop wrote on Sun May 25, 2014 11:54 pm:

This is so very sad. I am so very sorry....

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Tooty2shoes wrote on Mon May 26, 2014 9:17 pm:

Thank you for all of your heart felt sympathy. Yes Ziggy did have quite a neat personality. You could never get out of the pasture or stall without him coming up to you and rubbing against you wanting you to pet him.

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V for short wrote on Thu May 29, 2014 3:28 pm:

My heart goes out to you. It's a sad time.

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