Nah.
I like wild sheep and goats for the way they are.

Mine will try to cross with anything that will stand still. You might not want to crawl around on all fours in the fall if you are in the same pasture as them.

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Sounds like Cody's llama.

Don, that was tough luck on a nice Billy.

Isolating the injured one is the best thing you could have done for sure

Kobus, you can never let it go..always saying something nasty about Thompson Temple or any type of hybrid. All you accomplish with these types of post are to show you are immature and embarrass yourself.

Am I the only one then who doesn't want to see the majesty of wild sheep and goats turned into tame Corsicans and Catalina's?

Is it possible he might of got his leg stuck in a rock or a tree and injured himself getting out?

They are NOT mutually exclusive....and when you trash people personally it speaks volumes for the type of person you are.

Kobus do you own any sheep or goats?

I am gonna bet thats a no.

But I bet on fanduel a lot, and I lose more than I win.

I did once sleep at a Holiday Inn

Sorry to see this Don .

No but I've seen plenty of them to base my opinion off of.

See what you started don

When an animal injures itself like you suggest it usually gets better over time. I would bet it was either something going wrong internally or in his brain. Nothing was broken that I could see. Both front legs would not work the way they should. Every day for the last two weeks he was having a harder time getting around. Yesterday morning he was laying down and was beating his head against the ground to try to get leverage to get on his feet. That was when I said enough is enough and put him down. And no I did not consult a Vet. If this had happened to numerous Ibex I probably would have. I have never seen this problem before. Like navasote had suggested it was like a vitamin or mineral problem. But like I stated they get plenty of both. I have contacted vets before about different problems. Have also sent samples and fetuses off to Tx. A&M. to find out if they could find the problem. Spent quite a bid without any solutions. The best answer to a problem I had with an Ibex quite a few years ago was the Vet. told me the only thing he could figure out it had the Bandera Goat Disease.

sorry you lost that goat don. hope your kidding season goes well.

if it was both easy and inexpensive every tom, dick and Harry would do it.

I have seen similar symptoms with feeding alfalfa hay. Goats can be sensitive to too much protein in the diet.

The males are running around in a fairly large pasture. They get very little alfalfa. I don't believe that is what the problem was. thanks for the information though.

Thanks Aaron. Hope yours goes well also. Mine should be starting very soon. And like you said. Tom, Dick and Harry have no idea what it takes on raising Ibex. They are very interesting and smart and you learn more every day.