Recent content by cmjust0

Mine eat fescue all day, every day, and Kentucky's definitely a 'summer slump' state when it comes to cattle.. Never seen any ill effects from it in my herd.

Did you ask him if the area from whence you got your hay was selenium deficient? He'd have said "Well, uh, I couldn't say" at which point you should have just stared at him until he realized how short sighted he'd been.

Sounds like it was probably scald.. It gets between their claws, just like it gets between our toes.. They're hairy all over, so it can be hard to see any redness or irritation. Scald can be a little stubborn.. The only thing I've found that works is something copper sulfate based, like...

Why do you need to deworm an 8wk old kid?

I had my edit window open too long.. Had I seen this, I wouldn't have even posted.. :lol: x2 :thumbsup

I'd lean less toward something obscure and more toward something simple and common...like foot scald. Check between his toes. You may see a white powder, or maybe some redness or swelling. Something like that. Basically, foot scald is like athlete's foot. Sometimes it's really obvious, and...

In my humble experience, the thinner a goat is, the paler its eyelids will be. I think it's got to do with overall hydration, because I've also seen goats go from nice fleshy pink to WHITE in a matter of hours as they dehydrated with bacterial scour. And the thinner a goat is, the quicker it...

Where's ya hear the 18 hour thing? Not questioning, just curious. I haven't done any research on COWP in a while..

Will the dog chase a ball or frisbee? If so, it'll probably chase a goat. If not, then prey drive is probably low enough to consider a trial run as a LGD...if you can handle an 'oops, guess that didn't work' situation that may involve an injury to a goat. St. Bernards are Molosser dogs, and...

In a nutshell, based on my experience... When I see a goat with scour, I evaluate the color, consistency, frequency, level of foulness, changes in body condition, demeanor, dietary changes -- all kinds of things. And what I've found is that you can usually -- USUALLY -- use that information to...

wow. so i guess i'm officially the 'color of poo' guy. :/ :lol:

I always think about it like this...if I was suffering with _______, would I "try" homeopathic/organic/'green' treatment using _________ first and see what happened, or would I go straight to modern medicine? When it comes to lice...uh, yeah...I don't think I'd mess around with it for long if...

Ivermectin given orally in goats is very poorly absorbed by the bloodstream. If you want to be sure to kill external parasites, it *must* be in the bloodstream. Therefore, oral ivermectin for external parasites isn't the best option. And I especially don't recommend giving pour-ons orally...

If they're creepy crawly and you can *see* them, it's almost certainly lice and not mites. Mites burrow into the skin...all you ever really see of mites are the crusty, scaley, oozy damage they cause to the skin. She may have that too, in which case she's got both mites and lice. Meh. :)...

I've had em hack and cough and choke and slobber...you name it. Never had one truly aspirate, though. At least, not to my knowledge, which means I never had one get *sick* from it. Keep an eye out, of course, but I'd say she's fine. :)