Cisco the baby goat needs surgery

*Update: Cisco is out of surgery, but not out of the woods yet. while removing his blocked urethra, they found evidence that it had ruptured and partially healed sometime prior to arriving at our sanctuary. That partial healing led to an abscess that was draining into his abdomen. Luckily veterinarians at UF removed the necrotic tissue and are hoping it will heal. Because of the rupture to his urethra the surgery had to change partway through. They had to redirect his urine because his urethra was no longer able to withstand the pressure. He will have a port from his bladder, allowing him to urinate when needed. The veterinarians assured me he can still have a wonderful, normal goat life, where he’s able to climb and jump and run. The only caveat would be that he is prone to more bladder infections. (which we can keep a close eye on here at the sanctuary). The abscess will require lots of time to heal, and since his urine had to be rerouted, his recovery will be a little slower than normal. The vets at UF are still very hopeful he will have a good recovery. He has to stay at the hospital for a couple extra days due to this more in-depth procedure but he’s getting great care from great veterinarians.

Here at the sanctuary one of our staff is working hard and fast to build Cisco his own separate temporary enclosure that will meet his physical and medical needs until his recovery.

There are so many moving parts to trying to save Cisco and without everyone’s support, this would not have been possible! So thank you; to everyone so far who has donated and to those who will still donate. I’ll keep the updates coming. ❤️

From all of us here at Noah’s Ark Sanctuary in Hastings, Florida; we are in desperate need of funding for an emergency surgery for an animal case.

We have a very young and adorable, nine month old, mini Nigerian dwarf goat that came into our possession recently. He began exhibiting signs of possible illness, and I have worked tirelessly to try and find help for him. From what several veterinarians have determined, he has a potential urethral blockage (think large kidney stone). Four goats, if not removed, this is a certain painful death sentence. My only options are emergency surgery, or euthanasia.

Within the past week we paid over $5000 for emergency care for one of our other animals and our funds are desperately low. For the first time ever, we need to ask for help from the community to help the sweet boy.

Our sanctuary takes in rescued and abandon animals from all over our community and neighboring communities. We receive no state funding and rely on donations (or my paycheck) to keep our facility going. We have always found a way, but we are so short on funds that we can’t cover this one on ourown and need help. 

If there’s anyway to contribute to this sweet boys surgery and recovery, we would be eternally grateful. 

Currently, we are in the process of building our animal welfare building and educational classroom and soon we will have the opportunity for the community to come visit our animals and learn all about them. 

Thank you and taking the time to visit our page and bless everyone who is able to help in anyway. 

-Noah’s Ark Sanctuary staff