MaggieSims
Overrun with beasties
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Hello all! I got this goat bred in winter, and she kidded in January. Her condition was decent, not awesome, but not rescue either. I kept her well fed, and milked her fit several months. I noticed her getting a bit skinny, so i decided to stop milking.
Overall I have noted several issues I need to address.
1, she apparently has something going on with her teeth, she is storing half eaten hay in her cheeks like a chipmunk. I asked a vet over the phone, but seemed like they had no idea, she just asked if I looked in there and see anything. But the answer to that is no, I need more help, that goat can be strong and she doesn't want me looking in there with a flashlight. But when I see her cheeks full, I massage her and can feel it dislodge and see hay and take it out.
2, copper deficiency, really since I got her. But I couldn't find copper bolus anywhere so I got good loose minerals. After she shed winter coat I brushed her and all her black hair on her sides and back fell out. I ordered some ASAP and dosed her August 23rd.
I'm thinking the combination of the two are causing the thinness issue? Am I overlooking something more obvious?
Pictures:
This is her now
Notice the white hair on the one side stayed.
Overall I have noted several issues I need to address.
1, she apparently has something going on with her teeth, she is storing half eaten hay in her cheeks like a chipmunk. I asked a vet over the phone, but seemed like they had no idea, she just asked if I looked in there and see anything. But the answer to that is no, I need more help, that goat can be strong and she doesn't want me looking in there with a flashlight. But when I see her cheeks full, I massage her and can feel it dislodge and see hay and take it out.
2, copper deficiency, really since I got her. But I couldn't find copper bolus anywhere so I got good loose minerals. After she shed winter coat I brushed her and all her black hair on her sides and back fell out. I ordered some ASAP and dosed her August 23rd.
I'm thinking the combination of the two are causing the thinness issue? Am I overlooking something more obvious?
Pictures:
This is her now
Notice the white hair on the one side stayed.