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    Very weird symptoms, what's going on???

    She's been bagged up since early summer. When is she going to dry up? Should I milk her and try to empty her udder or leave it be? I'll keep treating for both listeriosis and polio just to be safe. I'll get some dex from the vet too. Thank you!
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    Very weird symptoms, what's going on???

    I have an older doe Sandy, who bagged up this summer and is absolutely not pregnant, we have no bucks. I've had her about ten years and this has never happened before. It isn't mastitis, just milk and only on one side! She still hasn't dried up! A couple of months ago she started to act like...
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    Annoying Things Non Goat People Say

    I think that the most common annoying thing I get asked is "Do you milk your goats?" Now that is generally not an annoying question, and a valid one. However, I don't breed goats, I don't keep bucks. Everyone is a wether or a doe and they're all for entertainment value, none of them serve any...
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    The Price You Pay for Removing a Pup Prematurely from it's Mother and Litter

    I got my first LGD at around six months old, maybe a little older. My newest pup is just 18 weeks and I actually feel that is REALLY young (compared to Alex's 6 months). George, the new puppy, is still so very much a puppy. I can't imagine taking a LGD puppy at only 8 weeks, let alone LESS...
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    Well my goatie is doing better, but just slightly. His appetite is improving but he's far from eating like a normal goat. Still giving Albon daily. Poos range from clumps to pellets and back again. Eyelids still pale but some pink is returning. Still not chewing a cud, but his belly is less...
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    Poos firming up. Actually had some pellets tonight! Still just nibbling hay, not eating a whole lot yet. I'm really hoping this is just parasites we're dealing with and not something else... :fl
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    I hope so. He is eating his hay, and that's a relief! He looks brighter all around.
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    Since treating him with the Albon and dectomax, he pooped one big cow flopper soft, but not runny poo. This is the loosest stool I have observed yet. Could it be a side effect of the meds?
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    I don't have enough albon to treat the whole herd, just this guy. I will order more. Everyone else is healthy, but I will treat to be on the safe side. Thanks for the tip on the bolusing. It is tough! I tried using a cattle sized balling gun. Did not work! Does anyone make a balling gun...
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    Back from the vet. Barber pole worms and slightly elevated coccidia count! Albon and injectable Dectomax. I'm thinking this guy may not have gotten his copper bolus last year. He's tough to catch and/or he may have spit it out. Any advice on treating/preventing this in the rest of the herd?
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    I'm taking a fecal to the vet this morning. Will wait in the office for the results and discuss with them etc. Will have the vet out possibly today if needed. I felt no masses in his throat, couldn't see or feel any blockages. I can get liquids down his throat just fine. He has been...
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    He's a little better today. More alert, wanted out of his stall this morning. I had given him a big dose of red cell last night. He's drinking very frequently. Not a large quantity of water but visiting his water bucket a lot. I treated his water with Corid just in case of coccidia, but this...
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    Goat off feed, weak, poops and pees normal?

    I discovered one of my myotonic goats has lost weight and was weak yesterday and not eating much. His butt looked like he may have had diarrhea, but he's pooping normally now. I've separated him from the herd an he won't eat anymore. He had some alfalfa pellets yesterday and choked on them...
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    Would love to buy neighbors additional acreage barn etc...

    My neighbors father's farm is for sale. Its 20 tillable acres, currently being farmed. A four bedroom 2 bath house and a big white bank barn and corn crib, for only $250k! The catch is that the house is in a flood plain and any bank holding a mortgage on the property would require very costly...
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    Could this very young mini donkey be pregnant? *worried*

    I just might get that urine test. Collecting the urine is going to be the hard part! I feel a little better now. Her belly isn't really all that big yet. She has been wormed once, and the previous owner claims to have wormed her "through her mom's milk". If that even works?? Her belly...
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