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Thanks so much elevan! In your experience, do you generally give just the one dose or do you do the standard three day dose? Thanks!

I wouldn't use Corid. I had a horrible experience with it. A young doe developed Thiamine deficiency ( goat polio ) Luckily, we caught it in time, but it is evil stuff. Several of the good folks here have recommended Di-Methox, 40% injectable given orally - worked like a charm for me. Just...

Regarding Valbazen dosing - 10cc/10lbs - just one dose or sequential days? How many days if so? Thanks :)

Thanks Southern! This is good information. I am a city dweller (for now) who started with goats in 2011. Freshened a senior doe in May and hand to intervene slightly.... all went well, but its helpful to know what can go wrong and that these does really do seem to know what is best, as...

I know, poor thing, but I am concerned about the outcome. She is a little over 16" tall and only weighs 35 pounds...

Would you think I was crazy when I tell you that she speaks all the time? Not in this blubbery wail, but actually speaks in her little "Tinkerbell" voice. She says Mommy very clearly (Please don't laugh at the childless middle-aged woman) ;0

Thought you guys would get a kick out of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCb-OxZ6Oc

I could pick out my goats in a line up just by seeing their butts.....:lol:

Thanks so much Karen! Great advice! My vet did say that there are some cocci that are not species specific and that groundhogs and squirrels are major culprits. OSU? Yikes. That'd be a 2 hour drive. Looking into UC (University of Cincinnatii). I live five minutes from UC How would you...

Hi Karen! Yes, the thought haunts me.... no pastures to rotate, but I have a plan! Tell me if this is stupid - 1. Relocate or kill the groundhog. 2. Put out squirrel feeders above goat reach with pelleted wormer in the feed 3. Capture and relocate all raccoons ( 30 this year alone, legally...

There is no doubt that there is a vast difference between backyard herds and a large operation. I certainly meant no disrespect to anyone's practices. Only relating my experience with my backyard herd on the backyard herds forum raising teeny tiny little dwarf goats. If I had a large...

Thanks Karen! :) I have the TSC "goats prefer pro-bios". The yogurt was an attempt to put some actual nutrition into the gut as well. Pixie was a bottle baby from the breeder. No comparison between her general health and Domino's ( our kid from the spring who nursed naturally) In your...

Pixie's poos are now clumped together berries! Progress! Obviously the sulmet was having some positive effect. Got the Albon from the vet and dosed at about 4 pm today. Won't know the effect of that until it gets through the system. Is the digestive system really 72 hours? Trying to...

I didn't see any giardia in her fecal, but I am still so bad at this. The vet didn't report any giardia either, although I think I remember him saying something about it being a send away test. What he had me do was give 5cc's of safeguard every day for five days. He said it would kill...

What would white blood cell signify? Leukemia?

I've been giving Goats Prefer Probios, but ... she hates it. Its even peanut butter flavored. I am going to go force her little jaws open again and give her a good squirt. She hates me so right now. I am the bringer of icky things and discomfort. I am in Ohio - Cincinnati. Hubby works for...

Thanks Karen - that's great to know. It would be worth driving up there to get straight answers. My DH goes to Lex three times a week. I wonder if there are similar resources at UK. Pix's poo was firming up and now she's scouring again. I ordered the Di-Methox from Jeffers - they wanted...

Babs et al, OMG I have so much to learn. Keeping city goats is a challenge. It sounds romantic, but its hard work in that you can't get a farm vet, etc. My vet isn't that far away, but loading up a scouring goat is not always a good option. Furthermore, his fecals always come back negative...

So in your collective experience, is it common for vet's fecals to come back negative when they are indeed positive? This has happened twice now. Ordered the Di-Methox overnight from Jeffers. TSC doesn't carry it here ( nor much else of any use to be honest) I'll keep using the sulmet until...

The Di-Methox injectable? Any possibility that it will hurt the rumen? Greatly appreciate the help! :) Oh, and I didn't mean worming schedule, I meant a worming course of treatment - I did once every ten days for thirty days with Equimax. Her FAMACHA was borderline. I don't worm on a...