We started milking this year and with my milking kit I was sent a can of Fight Bac. It is running low and have just found out that fight bac can not be shipped to Canada as it has not been approved by Health Canada!
We have been to several feed stores to get teat dip and we are unable to get anything! I have to go via a huge dairy supply company and it means ordering huge amounts and we are only milking two goats!
What do you all use after milking? Also what do you all put it into? Hubby looked at the teat dippers and he said they are too large to get under our goats!
Any advice would be great, Thank You.
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Just wanted to say thank you for all the advice, since asking we have not used any teat dip and all is going well! :-)
Thank You all for this info. We have a good friend who is a dairy farmer and I asked him the same question and he said nothing while they are on mums and iodine if not.
It's the mental block of thinking you need to put something on their teats after milking. I like the idea of adding tea tree to the udder wash and will give this ago as well I just need to get over the mental barrier of not worrying and just do a quick wipe down after milking.
I also generally use nothing, but if I do it's just the same thing I wash udders with before milking; water with a bit of natural dish liquid, and a few drops of tea tree, lavender and peppermint oils in it.
If my doe has kids, I use nothing. Otherwise, I dip my doe's teats into the mild soap solution I make for my washcloths. The commercial goat dairy I got my last doe from uses iodine, I'm pretty sure. I've been thinking of changing to that, but the soap water has been working.
We use nothing 99% of the time, but if I'm worried about a doe's udder or teats, I use iodine in an old-fashioned film canister or pill bottle. I refuse to use anything chemical, but I emailed an organic dairy farmer years ago to ask what he used, and he said iodine. The 1% is strong enough, but if you buy the stronger stuff and dilute it, it's cheaper.