Health (986)

Hair Loss

Posting for a friend. Her goat is losing her hair in huge clumps. She is eating, happy goat but has lost about 30% of her coat. They called a vet and they have wormed her and are using an anti fungal on her skin does anyone have any idea what it coul

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Mites

Because of some unforseen things my tiny herd had to be moved to another farm. We are ready to bring them home now, but are told they have mites. What is the best things I can do for mites. It has me worried.

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Bleeding goat

My doe is bleeding from her back side. I cant tell if it’s feom her anus or vulva. This isn’t the first time she’s had some blood but it’s the worst time and seems more out of place. There also seems to be a swollen red bump. She is a rescue and came

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HELP!! LGD pups dieing

To make a long story short we've been getting a ton of rain. My 2.5 year old LGD female had a litter of pups July 26th 2018. In the last week we have lost three pups. We started out with a total of 11 and now we're down to 4. The pups get lethargic a

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Thin 7 yr old doe

Doe that is thin.  I can feel readily her spine.  Her sides are fairly sunken in.  Unusually...

I feed orchard grass. She has been wormed, fecal done, came back ok, did three b12 injections 3 days apart.


she was hollering last night, heat, so wonde

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Doe with cough and fever

I have a 11 month old Nigerian doe who has had a hacking cough for a few days now. I grew concerned yesterday (I should have been concerned earlier I know) and took her temperature and in the morning it was 104.9. By the evening it had risen to 105.4

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Bottle Neck?

As a first time goat owner, I have come to the conclusion that I should have bought older does, not 3 day old bottle babies!  My boys had a hard first 2 weeks of life due to my lack of knowledge and I probably starved them for a few more weeks for fe

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Heart Murmur

Has anyone ever had a goat with a heart murmur? 

I just had our vet out yesterday to do our yearly CAE-J-CL testing, and  had the vet check the lungs of one of our yearling does, "Gumdrop" ...who has had an on/off cough through the winter (but has al

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Hookworms

Does anyone have any experience with hookworms?  One young wether and one of my does had fecals done showing hookworms.  Checked the eyes of the rest of the herd and 3 other does have pink (not red) eyelids.  What is the best dewormer for hookworms? 

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Copper Deficiency?

First post here! I added 3 Nigerian Dwarfs to the farm 3 weeks ago. Ive had experience with horses and working with dogs and cats as a vet tech for years. I noticed some hair loss/thinning on one doe - She kidded in February and I'm currently milking

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Buck with Bald Patches

Hello All:

Recently, I've noticed several bald patches on my buck. Initially, I thought it to be mites (and it still could be), but in reading some of the threads here, it may be a zinc deficiency from too much alfalfa. I am treating the bald patches

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