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**UPDATE** Miss Dorita it would seem has pnemonia as suspected. I started her on pen-G Pro that first night and have made her a pin cushion ever since! Her fever is down and she seems much more comfortable now on day 4. She still will not eat much, a few Mulberry leaves here and there, a few...

ANYONE??? :fl

Please help with any and all input! I have a very old, geriatric gal "Dorita", who is approx. 13 years old... many of you have heard her sad tale. After many years of caring for this old gal, she is down as of today. I took her temp. and its 105.1, She wont eat, drink or get up without me...

2 wormers at the same time? Try this link please: http://www.jefferslivestock.com/safe-guard-dewormer-for-goats/camid/LIV/cp/I6-SK/cn/3300/

Meningeal Worm I have pour on Iver. but am going to the feed store tommorrow for injectable. Chico weighs 180 lbs. And that high dosage was for the Goat Guard (24 ml. once daily for 5 days)

THANKS ELEVAN! This is the dosage Ive been using = to 24 ml. once daily for 5 days...is that calculation right? Also, Isnt Lungworm and Meningeal Worm different? He has no symptoms of Lungworm and all of the other. I did get the Thiamine from the Vet Bottle says: Vitamin B Complex/Thiamine...

Good to go on the Ivermectin for cattle, feed store has that. How many injections of that ? Also just ordered some Pen-G as well as syringes and other "goodies" from Jeffers. Dosage on the Pen-G? IF this isnt meningeal worm, will this high dose of Goat guard harm him? Im just shooting in the...

O.K. ya`ll...I suspect meningeal worm. I started him on B complex shots (Thiamine)on Friday and he gets the last of them today. I wanted to try and eliminate "goat polio"...No changes what so ever in him in a positive way...slightly worse. Then i suspected Listerosis...checked all hay No Mold...

Can you inject Ivermec Pour on?

Believe it or not, My Vet told me to keep getting advice from all you goaty people cuz you seem to know more than he does! He is a large animal Vet but deals mostly with Catlle and Horses...I am his only goat "patient"...so basically, he is at a loss! :he

On Mothers Day I lost my beloved "Violet" :hit The vet was out 2 days earlier for her as she suddenly was congested and weezing. Her temp. was 103.5, He gave her an antibiotic shot and some pro-biotics to increase her appetite. Her weezing stopped the next day and although she was "mopping"...

Ellie-May or Ms. Sugar Britches! :clap

Heres what I feed: http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11677&p=15 Yeah...THATS my Fat Wether (not a pregnant Doe) CHICO! (See why hes on a diet?) He says hes not fat, he just "spreads-out" when he lays down! :hide

Northern Arizona, Hot & Dry Summers, Wet & Cold Winters (no snow) 3 Spoiled Nubian goats, 1 Wether, 2 dry Does ( 3yrs. old & 12 yrs. old) I feed my goats the same year round except for in the Summer then I add Timothy hay alongside their Alfalpha Hay (Cant find Timothy hay here in the winter...

Chico showing off his winter garb! (Goats in Coats!) Chico & Violet love their coats!