a few questions

[RockyToggRanch]

CM..
I know exactly what you're saying. I did what I had to do with my doe. Unfortunately I lost her and the 1st breach kid) But had I done nothing, perhaps the 2 surviving kids would have been lost as well.

The horses don't like their teeth floated...but oh well.. it's gonna be done.

The cat doesn't like the giant pill down her throat...deal with it kitty.


My children screamed when they got their vacs, but I had to deal with it. It had to be done.

 

[warthog]

Yeah you have to do what you have to do, with all our animals.

Not had to deal with anything like this yet with my goats.

One of my dogs got at the wrong end of a porcupine last Sunday. No visible signs but she was acting strange, after checking her, I found several porcupine quills in her mouth, roof of the mouth, tongue, and under the tongue. Out came the tweesers and out came the quills, you do what you have to do.

 

[glenolam]

You know what's really funny and odd?

I'll hold my kicking and screaming and squirming 5 yr old son on a hospital bed so they can put staples in his head and not think twice - as a matter of fact they said "Do you want us to get someone else to help?" and I said "No - it's my kid and it has to be done"

Yet I'm still finding the courage to treat my goats as needed.

Maybe it's the hooves versus hands/feet?

 

[Roll farms]

I once cut kids out of a doe who'd died while in labor....but I cannot for the life of me dig a really nasty splinter out of my husband's hand.
I literally cannot make myself dig in and get it out.....

I find that horribly ironic....considering that most days I like the goats better than my husband.
(J/K...he puts up w/me, he can't be all bad.)

 

[glenolam]

Roll farms!

I think that's why they let us get goats - so we have an outlet....

 

[Ms Thistle]

I use the "Probios" paste probiotics on kids / sick adults...it's labeled for cows and or horses but works fine w/ goats.

I also top dress the feed w/ OptiZyme probiotics on the days I deworm the entire herd or vaccinate (anything that might stress them) or if they're on fresh green pasture.

It not only jump starts the rumen, it helps regulate the entire digestion system.

I bet it's literally been years since we've seen a goat w/ diarrhea here. Can't swear it's the probiotics, but it sure ain't hurting them, either.

Hi Roll Farms,

Would you give Probios to kids? How much? Mine had scours the day I took them home (at 2 wks old), but I gave them Resorb and they were right as rain the next day.I've heard that it can be good to give this to goats in general, however.

Regards,
Ms Thistle

 

[haviris]

I'm late on this I guess and going back to the first question, depending on the temperment of your does you can probably put them back together now. You may have had less trouble if they'd been together all along. I don't put my does alone, everyone that is close is moved to the kidding pen and they kid all together. My does do not slam other kids, and are in fact overly tolerent of all the kids.

The only problem I ever had, is this year I had does kidding closer together then ever before 1,2,3, and all three wanted one doe's kid. They ended up all feeding him, if he got hungry he ran to whoever was closest.

 

[Roll farms]

Any time a goat (be it a kid or adult) has scours or has a treatment (deworm, antibiotics, etc.) or stress that *might* cause scours, I give them probios.
The intestines need the 'good bugs' growing in them just like the rumen does.

 

[Ms Thistle]

Any time a goat (be it a kid or adult) has scours or has a treatment (deworm, antibiotics, etc.) or stress that *might* cause scours, I give them probios.
The intestines need the 'good bugs' growing in them just like the rumen does.

Thank you Roll Farms, I'm going to look into this for my kids.

Regards,
Ms Thistle