Mina's Day Out

Mina, one of the World's Cutest Fainting Goats, continues to make her grand tour of vets in middle Tennessee. The story of Mina's vet visits began on New Year's day, and the saga continues to unfold. About a week after her initial emergency vet visit we begged our favorite horse vet to come and exam her which was vet visit number two. We then had a consultation between our favorite horse vet and another mixed practice vet for visit number three. Although Mina is significantly better than she was on the first day of the year, we thankfully are no longer discussing euthanasia, she's still not well. A week and a half ago vet visit number four happened.

Vet visit number four involved us transporting her to our equine clinic to see our favorite horse vet again. We put a dog harness on Mina (she felt shame wearing a dog harness) and she had another day trip to the vet, this time to Tennessee Equine Hospital. We made quite the entrance as we paraded into the horse clinic with our fainting goat on a leash. We told our vet to do whatever needed to be done; endoscopy, ultraound, x-rays, whatever was needed to try and pinpoint, and hopefully resolve, Mina's issues. Mina had it all. Mina's bills keep adding up and we haven't yet gotten the bill for Mina's second day trip off the farm.

After all of the diagnostics and reviews of the imaging, we had a mixed bag of results. We were happy to hear that Mina's aspiration pneumonia appears to be gone thanks to all of the antibiotics. We think, from all of the diagnostics and imaging at the clinic, that somehow Mina damaged her trachea. The bad news is there isn't really anything that can be done. The good news is that she is able to eat and drink comfortably, she isn't losing any weight, and time might heal her trachea as long as she stays reasonably comfortable. She is on steroids for pain management, and we are in a holding pattern and waiting game for now.

Mina was a star at the horse clinic and probably a lot more cooperative than some of their equine patients. Everyone had their cell phones out and I'm confident Mina's image was circulating around social media for a a day or two. She had her 15 seconds of fame and this would meet with Mina's approval. We also told her she is most likely the only goat in middle Tennessee who has had four vets working on her behalf. Nothing but the best for the World's Cutest Fainting Goats.

Mina standing quietly while having an ultrasound

Gibson. Donneur, Lofty and Lotus

Havana

Walon and Sushi were being extra wild (Magic watching)

Norman and Calimba

B-Rad and Blu

Asterik and George

Rocky and Ripley

Traveller

Cino and Fabrizzio

Taylor, Alfie and Duesy

Baner and Hesse

Digby, Quigly and Nemo

Paramount and Lighty

King and Trigger

Thomas, Apollo and Moe on the run

Art and Remmy playing . . . 

. . . then Merlin joined them

Sunday Stills

Sam

Nemo, Happy and Johnny

Igor ignored Asterik and Cocomo as he walked by them

Baby, Apollo and Cisco

Moe and Revy

Maisie and Cinnamon

Gibson

Squirrel and Gus

Sparky, Sabrina and Bonnie

Silver, Romeo, Donneur and Lofty

Renatta and Cuffie

Fabrizzio

Apple the pet cow stuffing herself with hay

A Year In Pictures

January 2017

Baby, Levendi, Apollo, Hemi and Thomas

King and Grand

Oskar waiting to be served

Paramount and  Lighty being wild

Silver and Asterik

Miel and Nemo playing in the snow

Rubrico and River posing in the snow

Igor and Jason a couple of weeks after Jason and Carter found him at the end of 2016 as a scared, thin, barely alive kitten

February 2017

Cocomo and Romeo being wild

Cuffie on the run

Cinnamon and Maisie waiting for breakfast

Convey and Revy

The World's Cutest Fainting Goats helping themselves to some hay

Grand and Rip

River and Walon

Gus and Oskar

Dolly

Thomas and Trigger playing with a stick

Flyer, Lofty, Romeo and Faune

Cinnamon and Calimba

March 2017

Maisie and MyLight

Walden, Hesse and Remmy

Gibson

Silver, Cocomo and Lotus


Cino and Remmy being wild


Johnny and Mick


Lightning and Havana


Rubrico and Gus


early morning view with snow on the ground; the snow was gone by late morning


Merlin, Duesy and Fabrizzio


Renatta and Charlotte


Hemi and Cisco


April 2017

Walden, Duesy and Havana


Mick, Digby, Johnny, Paramount, Sam and Nemo


Donovan, Wilson and Johnny


Rubrico and Rocky


Dolly and Cinnamom


Cuffie and Norman grooming


Sam and Lighty


Calimba leading the way in for breakfast followed by Renatta and Lily


L-R Wilson, Toledo, Johnny, Ripley, Rubrico, Walon



May 2017

Sebastian


Apollo and Hemi


Oscar stretched out on our porch table


Cocomo posing with Donneur in the background


R-L Cino, Merlin, Hesse, Remmy, Baner, Bruno, Walden, Fabrizzio


Traveller, Dawn and Charlotte


Bruno and Merlin


Gus and Roho


Moe and Thomas


visitor on the driveway


June 2017

Convey and Chance


pretty sunrise


Walon, Wilson, Magic and Johnny


Homer


Silver and Lotus grooming


Miel and Taco


Cuffie and Lily


Johnny and Happy


Squirrel, Magic and Sushi


Dolly and Traveller grooming


Homer and Moe, also known as "the twins"


Sparky sandwiched between Bonnie and Sabrina


Flyer and Donneur


July 2017

Miel and Mick


Cocomo, Silver and Gus


George


Sparky and Igor telling each other good morning


Remmy, Baner and Hesse


B-Rad and Blu


Cocomo and Donneur having a sunrise grooming session


Cuffie and Dawn


August 2017

Taco and Happy


Grand and Rip grooming


Romeo and Lotus


Sebastian and Blu


Toledo and Rocky


MyLight and Calimba


Lofty and Donneur


Gus and George framed by a pretty sunrise


Sushi and Squirrel


Alfie and Bruno grooming


Hemi, Levendi and Apollo


Trigger, Chance and Convey


September 2017

she wandered up to our farm as a scared, nameless stray and hit the jackpot with our friend Leslie; she's now Abigail Rose


Mick


Flyer and George grooming


Taylor and Merlin


Rip, Grand and Elfin


Lily and Maisie grooming


Thomas, Apollo and Hemi


Convey and King


L-R Toledo, Rocky, Gus, Sushi, Roho


Ewen having an encounter with a hawk


Alfie, Taylor, Remmy and Baner


Donneur resting his head on George's back


Norman and Cuffie


October 2017

Cisco and Levendi being wild


Sabrina, Sparky and Timbit waiting for breakfast


Quigly and Happy


Gibson and Lofty


Taco and Nemo


Rubrico and Sushi


Digby, Happy, Paramount, Johnny and Mick


Sam and Lighty


Duesy and Hesse


Silver hanging out with some visiting egrets


Asterik and Flyer


Trigger and Levendi


Ripley and Magic


November 2017

Bonnie and Igor


Miel, Sam and Mick


Chance, Trigger and Convey


Rip and Revy being wild


Magic


Cisco and Levendi


Alfie and Taylor


George, Gibson and Asterik


Apollo, Thomas and Hemi


Romeo and George


December 2017

Blu and B-Rad


Renatta, Cuffie and Dawn


L-R Cinnamon, Dolly, Dawn, Maisie


King and Trigger


Wilson and Rocky


Sushi and Roho playing


Squirrel and Gus playing


Taylor and Merlin being wild


Remmy and Art


Quigly and Digby


Baby and Homer


Silver, George and Donneur


Cocomo and Asterik


Elfin