12/05/2026
I knew today was going to be a bad day, as I woke up out of breath and heart pounding from a nightmare that my neighbour had fenced off part of my land and was claiming it for himself! (It says a lot that I actually had to go and check that it wasn’t real…!)
Teddy was Bedfordshire’s first and only tr*******al goat. As our first born, he was castrated and kept - unfortunately this leads to under-development of the urethra in goats and commonly leads to blockages. As a pet, he got the expensive treatment option when this happened and had his urethra re-routed out the back to bypass the blockage. This wasn’t ideal, as he needed regular Vaseline-ing to minimise urine scald and if you ever stood behind him when he peed, you would have to dodge the 3ft long, horizontal jet of urine!
It had become apparent that he was getting blocked up again and today marked the point where it was bothering him and his time was up.
As goats go, he was the most people-friendly we have ever had and we had two very sad children heading off to school today, knowing that he wouldn’t be here when they get home.
RIP Teddy
