greenfamilyfarm's Journal - Nubian Kids are HERE! Pictures Up

[redtailgal]

lol, my farm store had a sale on syringes and needles, so I stocked UP. They asked for my name and address.......I am waiting for the cops to show up with a little plastic cup for me to pee in!

Greenfamily.........my breeder has had the same situation in finding thiamine that you are having. She has had luck in feeding the thiamine supplement for horses in high quantities until she can get the injectibles.

 

[KinderKorner]

Don't feel bad. I go in and buy boxes of needles and syringes at a time. I cleaned them out just last week.

They always look at me a little funny. But we have a big herd and it always seems like something needs some sort of medicine. Plus my mom is a nurse, so we are constantly called to help give neighbors and friend's animals their shots. So we just keep a lot on hand.

Not to mention the drawer and a half in the fridge that is filled with shots, and medicines.

We also buy a ton of lye because mom makes lots of soap. I wonder be surprised if one of these days cops don't show up and drag us all off to jail thinking we are druggies. lol

 

[daisychick]

I had to buy some more syringes and needles from the feed store today. I just bought some earlier in the week, so I got put on their "druggie" watch list. :/

Order some online from Jeffers or one of the others. You'll save some money in the long run and won't be scrutinized that way.

X2 I just order a huge box of needles and syringes from Jeffers and I won't need any for a long time now. And it wasn't expensive at all. Jeffers also has 2 kinds of Vit B complex now, but I don't know which is better???

# Fortified Vit B Complex

#2 Vit. B complex Plus

I have no idea what the difference is. Just thought I would share.

 

[Queen Mum]

Agreed. She's getting it twice a day and Pen G every 8 hours.

Unfortunately, I cannot get straight Thiamine right now. I'm having to use what I can get. Vets in my area are simply not willing to treat goats and/or write Rx's for caprine meds.

Darned vets. Straight Thiamine is absorbed so much faster than the B complex and it hits the problem straight on. Plus you don't have to give them such a HUGE dose (# of cc's) Vitamin B shots make them sensitive after a while. And if it's a meat goat, it leaves spots on the muscle tissue.

I hope she gets better fast!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

The vets around here are just not willing to do anything for livestock. They will see and treat horses, however.

I did find a vet who I could use if it was an absolute emergency. Her minimum trip fee is $200 and she charges an additional $1 per mile she has to travel. She's about 150 miles one way. Plus, the cost of the treatment and any Rxs she prescribes. Seems kind of steep, but I have that option. She stated it was illegal for her to just write an Rx, even though she agreed with my/our diagnosis.

If Penny was showing much worse symptoms (no appetite, depression, lack of energy, fever, etc.) I would "have to" get her to come take a look.

I've been giving her the injections at different places so she won't have a cluster of tissue necrosis, but she probably has spots on her muscles everywhere from where I've poked her.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Solution: I'm just going to have to go to vet school. Like I have time to do that.

 

[ksj0225]

Candace the vet that I gave you the link for will see goats in the office.

 

[KinderKorner]

I feel very lucky to have my vets then.

One knows nothing about goats or farm animals at all. But he is very nice and cheap, and if I tell him what I think he will get me any medicine I need. He will also give his thoughts and will help without charging. I can go in and buy enough medicine just for like 10 shots or whatever I need and he'll charge me like $2 with the syringes and everything.

The other vet is a goat vet she says. But she is over an hour away and I'm not sure how much she really knows but she is the best I have. She will come to the farm but I believe her charge is $190 just for the drive. So we go to her. She has done a few surgeries on the goaties and she did a good job although I don't really like how she operates sometimes. She used no gloves, and gave my goat a shot, then stuck the needle back in a bottle of community medicine and then gave it another shot. I about died. I was wondering what other goats she had stuck and then put the germs inside the bottle before mine and what dieases they might have had. Now I always just buy a NEW bottle of whatever she needs to use.

 

[Queen Mum]

She used no gloves, and gave my goat a shot, then stuck the needle back in a bottle of community medicine and then gave it another shot. I about died. I was wondering what other goats she had stuck and then put the germs inside the bottle before mine and what dieases they might have had. Now I always just buy a NEW bottle of whatever she needs to use.

Did she even GO to vet school in the US? YIKES!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

The lettuce I planted about 2 weeks ago is starting to come up!

Penny is improving, but it's slow going. She is following the rest of the herd now and is trying to play with Bunny's 2 doelings. She's still clumsy, but it's better than walking in circles and then laying down to rest. I've about decided to take her to the auction when she is weaned. She's a pretty little thing, but...

And it's March. It was nearly 80 degrees yesterday and will be in the lower 70s today. Severe weather threat for the weekend, which makes me nervous since we have non-refundable hotel reservations in Charleston. My brother will be hanging around the house to watch the critters for us, so that makes me feel better.