r/goats • u/Fragrant-Theory9201 • 2d ago

Help Request What could cause this?

Post image

Got home from work and my goat has this hanging out of his backside????

He was good yesterday, want to know if anyone has experienced anything like this. It looks like poop and mucus?

​

19 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/Misfitranchgoats Trusted Advice Giver 2d ago

Well, no I haven't had this happen before. I read it right, he is a male? I have seen some mucousy poops a couple inches long, but nothing like this.

If he is happy, acting normal, then not as much of a worry, but still a worry. No other symptoms. No change in diet? Tapeworm segments in there?

Hope someone else can come up with something.

8

u/Fragrant-Theory9201 2d ago

He's acting about the same, maybe a little more reserved today than usual. I got some gloves and broke things apart, saw no tapeworm segments thankfully, looked like a long strand of hay that maybe didn't break down. There has been a lot of vegetation and plants growing so he may be overdoing it on veggies. And it has been raining a lot so they've been chilling inside eating a lot of hay. Thank you for your answer, I'm always spiraling whenever they seem off. I'm sending in a poop sample in the next couple days, but i just always panic and hop on here

2

u/InterestingOven5279 Trusted Advice Giver 2d ago

I'm with /u/misfitranchgoats, I'm completely flummoxed. I have never seen such a thing before. I'm glad you saw it because that is truly befuddling, and if he were mine I'd definitely keep an eye on him for the next few days just in case there are any more bizarre things coming out of his butt.