A few days ago I put Anchovy back in for a tub soak and cut the last big chunk of her dead hanging skin off. I did not see any of her little maggot friends left, so obviously they have done a great job of getting rid of her gangrene and kept her from
Read more…I have 4 does. Three of them have scours. They were fine yesterday. They are acting normal. I am not sure what has happened to cause it. I have three theories. One- It has been horribly hot and we he have had lots of rain in the past 3 days. Could t
Read more…Well, my buck Amigo fell down to the ground yesterday while trying to run to his shelter during a rain storm. He went down and could not get back up. I carried him to the garage and started trying to figure out what is wrong with him, but without my
Read more…I've mentioned this sad doe I just bought...she came home emaciated, anemic with very bad lice AND gave pink eye to Penny
I did eprinex, got rid of the lice, dewormed her with Ivermectin, and gave her Red Cell daily for about two weeks. Got rid of
Read more…I'm pretty sure the main parasite I've found in my fecals (HERE) are thread worms. I read about them (HERE). Wow! Yucky! I'm feeling like this is the problem, especially since it matches up with the trouble I've been having with one of my doe's f
Read more…Sorry, I forgot to get advice as to preference on site location and method to give that anti-biotic shot. IM or SubQ? Thigh muscle? What's your preference? Dosage was 4cc per 100lbs every other day for three doses, correct?
Read more…I just saw my five-year-old doe have a crazy runny green poop....she is hale and healthy and cheerful, walking around, chewing her cud, popping her head through the dog door now and then....no symptoms at all other than the diarrhea. She hasn't had
Read more…We have a doeling and a wether born March 17th, that we just brought home from the breeder last week. The wether is very strong and healthy, but the doeling is smaller and weaker. The breeder was giving her a bottle twice a day and we have continue
Read more…Well I took our four babies down to the big livestock vet in town to get them disbudded yesterday... Needless to say they did a horrid job. After calling my goat expert friend (lives almost 4 hrs away) she thinks they used the wrong size iron (too bi
Read more…We just got back from a 10 day holiday. I had boarded my three does with another Nigerian goat lady in my area. The three of them did really well with her 12 goats and I picked them up and brought them home yesterday.
All three were quiet yesterday b
Read more…I'm getting ready to copper my goats this afternoon. If the rain ever stops. But I would rather not bolus. Do I have to or is it just as effective to mix it in with there grain.
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone might have some thoughts. I have a small herd of does(9), it was commented on by a breeder that my yearlings looked smaller than they should at a show.
I feed free choice grass/alfalfa and they have access to 4 a
Read more…Can't believe I found this video today about a goat that walks on its front legs.
Six or seven years ago, we had a doe that was suddenly
Read more…Hi all,
I was wondering what everyone uses when they wash the udders and then dip their teats afterwards.
I was told by a local dairy farm to just use unscented baby wipes to clean the udder with and then use the Nolvasan Solution to dip with. The sa
Read more…Does anyone know about or use Dolomite mineral compound offered by Hoegger Goat Supply? I find it interesting that it is suggested for treating, preventing and curing mastitis.
I've read that usually true dolomite mineral is closer to a ratio of bein
As I live in a selenium deficient area I would like to give them the Bose gel instead of getting a vet to give them an injection. Because of the lack of a knowledgable goat vet in my area and the expense every 6 months. Does anyone know the pros and
Read more…I have been reading some old discussions about does/size/weight etc. And it is beginning to scare me. We had our does delivered Feb. 29th. They were 6-11 months at that time. We were shocked when we saw them, because they were so tiny. We knew they w
Read more…I went out to check my animals for their nightly bed check at 9 and noticed my goat was very bloated... I came inside a googled her appearance... Yep, bloat. Not sure what she's gotten into. and she was fine when I checked her at 5 pm... I don't ha
Read more…We just lost a goat to what I suspect was systemic staph.
It started off with staphylococcus dermatitis on her udder. It was pretty bad, and we had her on a 10 day course of injectable antibiotics before we felt that it was under control. Her last d
Read more…We recently had a conversation about copper boluses in which a couple of people had noticed a lot of hair loss in connection with the timing of the boluses. This picture is awful but I can't seem to get it to look like it does in person. This is the
