Goat with lame leg - Will she heal?

Hi all.  One of our goats, a 3 year old Nubian, started having a hard time getting up from laying position several weeks ago.  All 5 of our goats were due for a worming so I administered the Cydectin as prescribed to all goats, as well as a few daily injections of Flunixin for her to see if she improved.  The goat's situation seemed to improve for a few days, however it ended up getting worse again to the point where we had to have the vet come out.  Vet seemed to believe it was nervous system related, since the left rear leg didn't seem to want to move voluntarily.  He gave her a steroid injection (Medrol) and said to give it a week.  I separated her from the other 4 goats and the donkey because they were picking on her.  I wonder if one of them may have hurt her to the point where she won't recover.  It's hard to tell for sure but her situation seems to be improving, albeit SUPER slowly.  In the last two weeks she has gone from not wanting to try to get up at all, to trying her best to get up off the ground (but can't).  The rear leg still is not strong enough to hold up her rear end so I have to tend to her every few hours so she is able to squat and urinate (I hold her up).  She is still eating, drinking, pooping, and peeing (when I hold her up) but I wonder how long I should give her until I know for sure if she can/will be able to stand again.  She is able to stand up if i help her but she still has trouble controlling the rear left leg.  

Is there any chance that this could be Lyme disease?  We have deer ticks around here, and our dog has tested positive for Lyme.  He had some lameness in one of his legs which the Doxy treatment seemed to remedy.  The vet didn't seem to think it was Lyme but it seems like something we could at least try to treat before giving up hope.  Anyone else have issues with Lyme in goats?

With the description I would check with the vet again if it worth it to let her suffer too much, but I know how far love can go as I brought my half dead dog to a special dog hospital and after 2 month he recovered and the vet enlightened me by 370,000 Baht (11,000 USD).

To your goat:

Yes, goats can get lime disease like most mammals and they are pretty high ranked when it comes to statistics.

But also goats are prone to injuries that make them limping.
Just imagine a young Billy goat shows off and thinks he can jump 5 meters down from a tree.  
Or the common goat ladder into the high raised pen. Some joints wear out in a matter of 3 years...

Thai Farmers make a Basil leaf paste and Tape it around the affected area.

Hey there. We have sheep who have suffered from lameness that happened suddenly. We're quite sure it was from meningeal worm infection. I know goats and camelids are also prone to it. Usually comes from them ingesting slugs who have eaten deer poop and are infected with the parasites eggs. If that is the case, most of those animals do not recover and have to be put down. We had a ram who did recover, but he was neurologically damaged for the rest of his life (his eyes were permanently pointed in odd directions).

A ewe lamb that we had got it twice, she was permanently lame and the second time we just ended it for her.

Genetically some lines of sheep, goats and camelids are more prone to infection.

I would do some reading about it, the symptoms are varied, but the recommendation we saw the most was basically to end that animals line, because it's children or grandchildren might also get it.

It might not be that, but it sounds like a good guess to me. Sorry about your goat, and I hope she gets better.

Some thoughts: How much better the situation of this poor goat would be, if only we would be living in the late 1800s. Then, there would be a homeopathic doctor not too far from where you live, he would treat her and she would recover. The End. (A happy one). But nowadays, what an uphill battle to even make people consider homeopathy... You are obviously a caring owner. But... would you be willing to travel back in time? Like the owners of this paralyzed dog? This is like 6 min and the spoiler is: The dog makes a full recovery.  



There are quite a few homeopathic meds that can cure paralysis, but the challenge is to figure out which one is needed for each patient. The homeopathic consultation (called taking the case) looks at every little detail in order to get the clues pointing to what would work. The mental picture is very important, but animals don't talk... Still, we do know what's generally going on in their lives. This lucky dog was apparently eaten up from the inside by jealousy, so this crucial info lead to choosing the correct Rxs.

About your goat and the worming... I know that ol' piperazine was doing neurological damage in chickens, but doing a search on Cydectin, I see that it's actually moxidectin- a benign old friend. And can we rule out injury? The other 4 goats and the donkey started picking on her AFTER she became paralyzed, not before, right?

So, to give some examples: the jealous dog cured by Lachesis, a chicken with paralyzed legs (by Marek's) was cured by Gelsemium (the clue here was drowsiness, with eyes heavy lidded), Plumbum Met can work when there is also emaciation, Causticum has paralysis from exposure to cold, Arnica works on paralysis after injury. This guessing game is a quagmire, but the goat is SO YOUNG...

Tentative solutions (none of them easy):

1. A local naturopath would have training in homeopathy and dozens, maybe even hundreds of remedies at hand. Because it's possible a succession of Rxs would have to be tried. A naturopath would be aware of the benefits of raw milk (*wink). Lol, who in their right mind is not courting local food producers nowadays?

2. Acupuncture- many vets are teaching themselves acupuncture these days, they're doing it all the time on dogs and cats. No kidding, I'd just download myself some veterinary acupuncture books and give it a try. Correction- I'd try acupressure where the needles are supposed to go. Hmm, maybe your vet could network with colleagues a bit, a few phone calls... Then he could teach you the relevant acupressure points.