Kidding Kits

Do you keep a separate First Aid kit or can it be combined into one container?

LOL we have a small kit but now we have a goat cabinet!
A basic kit sure. We eventually separated ours.
I always said if I had to have a huge cabinet filled with goat meds I would give up goats!
We do have a cabinet but it isn't filled with meds but all things animals.

Wanna know what's in my cabinet?

sure, what's in your cabinet

My friend has an old garden cart with shelves and a two door compartment below. I keep all my meds and birthing kit there. It is kept inside her old pool house near the barn and I store feed, leads, halters, collars and fence repair equipment in the pool house. Feed is kept in metal trash containers, other things that mice may chew are kept in smaller containers that aren't chewable.

So yes @Southern by choice, what is in your cabinet?

so as far as collars and halters...what works, ours currently has a collar on

Hens and Roos said:

so as far as collars and halters...what works, ours currently has a collar on

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Mine have collars, I have a halter & a few other horse supplies in there from when I had my Mustang. can't bring myself to part with them. Who knows, maybe someday.

Ok now I want to say most of the things in our cabinet came about from 2 serious issues. The first was 8/13-9/13 when we had a goat get Listeria. I will mark those in red.
The other was from our Kiko that ended up with bluebag mastitis 4/14 blue
Millie was de-horned and that brought alot of bandages etc. 3/14
green

See this is how your cabinet grows!!!!!!!!!

first shelf-
4 little stackable bins
~red top serum collection tubes
~large needles
~Small needles
~Med needles
In front of the bins are Injectable
~Vitamin B complex
~Thiamine
~Dexamethisone
Beside that I have
~Several bottles of alcohol
~Several bottles of Iodine
~3 bottles of drench
~Hydrogen Peroxide
~Koppertox
In the middle of the top shelf I have a large 3 drawer bin
Its contents-
~Mastitis kit and hand milker (for emergency)
~about 100 3cc syringes
~leg splint and dog meds(emergency meds) copasure
~ various sized larger syringes

Next to that a small 3 drawer bin
~drench syringes
~Thermometer & covers, hemostats, tweezers, suture removal scissors
~bottle nipples
~vaseline on top of the bin

Next to that 2 small stackable bins of suture packs

Second Shelf
yellow bin
~Gauze, tape, vet wrap, blue Kote, triple anti-biotic ointment
In front
~extra cans of Fight bac

2 Large bins
~Swat, war paint, ear wash, cotton balls
~Pipettes
~portable bin for nail trimmers, nail file, hoof trimmers
~candler
~Millie's removed horns

Next to that Bag balm, Vitamin supplement, pro biotics, kelp, herbals

Bottom shelf mostly grooming stuff
Duct tape
Bug Spray
Blade wash
Cool lube
Grooming supplies 2 bins ( clippers, blades, scissors, rakes, combs, brushes and other) I use to do show and pet grooming so I have lots of equipment.
Clipper repair bin- parts extra motors, plugs points, springs etc oils

Then the kidding kit in a bin. Just the portable stuff.

All my fecal stuff and microscope are in a whole different cabinet!




Yall are posting away while I type--- sooo I will add. Collars training leads, reg leads, harnesses, prong collars, chokers, rope leads hang outside my door and fall over the ground because there are not enough hooks!

That was exhausting!

thanks, what a list!( a picture probably would have been easier )
So what size are the needles?
What type of vitamin supplement and pro-biotic? I picked up some "bounce Back" by Manna Pro today- it's an electrolyte supplement- any one every use it?
What type of microscope(I think I read somewhere about what works). Mine are coming tomorrow when my parents get here for Thanksgiving- can't remember what they are-not the most current that's for sure.

We do have bounce back lol I didn't list it.
We have 22g, 20g, 18g with different lengths (1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/2")
We don't have any right now but 27g is for nerve blocks when disbudding.

You will need a scope that has a mechanical stage, ability for 100x also 400x is sometimes nice to have. IOW 10x &40x eyepiece is 10
The digital scopes are not good for McMasters.
Some company's McMasters slides do not fit well under some scopes.
We know of a company that has a great scope it is lightweight easy to use for $125 but I don't like their fecal kits, much is a waste and not great quality and the instructions miss an important step in doing the McMasters Method.