So I would really like to try to stay on the natural/organic side if possible to attack parasites, and tried to buy lespedeza from countrysideorganics.com and they no longer have it! Does anyone know where I could order some? Also, if anyone has a portion/ratio amount for comfrey that would be great too. Both of my girls are in milk and I want to make cheese, so less chemical the better!
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Thanks for the pics! I'll know exactly what to look for!!
Rachel Whetzel said:
This is an earlier discussion about comfrey with a link where I purchased mine.
http://nigeriandwarfgoats.ning.com/forum/topics/herbs-for-goat-gard...
Don't feel bad!! Goats get parasites. They just DO. They always "have" them... they just sometimes overload a system. If she's eating and drinking normally, that's pretty good. You'll get a handle on whatever's going on soon.
I sure hope so... I've been careful about slowly introducing amounts/new things to the girls, and by my not being prepared this happened... hoping that is all it is.. still winter here in Wyoming, so hope that counts against the parasites.. feel like such a bad mom!! Really want to make things as easy on my girls as I can.
That said:
You mentioned in your post about your goat's behavior, that you had changed some of the feed she was getting, because the feed store ran out. Part of her clumping issues could be from the change in diet, and not worms.
Deb has said that if a goat already has worms, herbal wormers don't always do the job well. There is a wormer by Ivomec that doesn't have a withdrawal time. Here's what it looks like. It's called Eprinex.