Happy trails Jetta

Jetta was a small,sweet and kind angora doe. About 5 years ago I found her in the woods by herself, she was lost. I took her to the barn and fed her, she seemed perfectly fine. The next day she was lost again. No other symptoms. I assumed she had white tail deer parasite, the deer drop a parasite, when the goats graze they pick it up, it goes directly to the brain or spinal cord, it damages them quickly, most of the time paralyzing the goat, or brain damage. If treated quickly the damage will be minor and the goat will live many years, if not treated they will slowly be totally paralized, but will live as long as they are taken care of by the shepherd. Jetta was fine after her first initial treatment and I returned her to her flock 2 weeks later. She was able to be a normal goat, except, every now and again she had a small seizure. This morning she had the grand mall seizure and it was her time to go, her body was so healthy but her neurological system was shot, she couldn't stop seizing and was grinding her teeth so hard I thought they would break. I had to put her down. Never an easy task, but the responsibility of every breeder. I am with them when they are bred, I am with them when they are born, I care for them everday and I am with them at the end. Happy trails Jetta.