Hi, there my goat stepped on a nail in the back of her hoof between when the leg
ends and the hoof starts. Bout an inch in, she can’t put much weight on it
today, it happened yesterday. I’ve been soaking it in warm salt water. If it
doesnt get better tommorrow should i get a shot for her? she’s my best goat, and
i can’t afford the vet right now.

-Well, if she just stepped on the nail yesterday, she is not going to be better within a day, it takes days and weeks to properly heal a nail wound.

Given that my first advice if you are unsure about things to to recommend you have your vet in, you kinda took that out of the the field with the, can’t afford the vet right now..

So that makes me ask, how about the goats breeder? Is she local, does she have a good amount of years experance with her goats, could she come over and give you a hand flushing the wound, checking it and help you figure out what if anything she would recommend for a antibodic.

If not the goat breeder, how about the farmer that lives down the way that has been treating his critters for years and has very healthy animals, might he come and have a look?

Soaking it in warm salt water is a great start, have your flushed the wound itself? How does it look, does it appear to be healing on its own with the soaks, have you made sure that the goat is in a very! clean stall with clean dry bedding, and has a goat friend in with her, she should not have to go far to get food/water, nor should she be in the herd, as the others will take advantage of her injury and push her around, but being put alone will stress a herd animal as well, so you are better off giving her either a offspring, or a lower ranked herd member that she is friends with.

Check your goat heath book and see what it says in regards to treatment, I have had goats and they tend to get into things, I had one that hurt her foot and I didn’t give antibodics for it, just care and soaks and she recovered well, with a larger heavier critter like  the cow, the books said that most of the time, they will get an infection and so I was pro-active on it.

You will need to keep an eye on all her basic health signs, feed, water, manure, temp and just how she feels, is she normal and active with bright eyes but just favouring her foot, or is she dull, hot and off her feed..

If she is looking good in all ways, eating well, bright eyed and active other then favoring her foot and you are faithfully keep the bedding, clean and dry and soaking her foot, the odds are greatly in her favour that she will recover just fine.

If she get a fever, goes off feed or does not look like she is feeling well, get help in fuguring out what medication you need to give. Hope that helps a little..