RareBreedFancier
Ridin' The Range
Hi all, I've just recently bought two does who should be heavily in kid and they brought unwanted passengers with them. I'm itchy just thinking about them!
They were wormed just before they left their old home and I saw no evidence of lice on them but now everyone has them. I thought everyone was just itchy because they are moulting (spring here) but when I was having a scratch and smooch with my buck and whether I found them. The does are quite wild so I don't get to handle them unless I catch them first. They were put in with a buck around the beginning of May (date uncertain, farmer didn't keep notes) and one looks very obviously pregnant, the other isn't as big. The due date calculator says I could have kids from early next month so I'm wondering what is safe to use? Ages ago someone told me a dusting of sulfur powder will get rid of them on dogs but I've never tried it. I have some here so that would be easy if it will work and is safe. I read a lot of threads where Ivermec injectable is recommended but I was worried that would hurt the babies. It should be easy enough for me to get, my dairy farming friend should have it on hand but is it safe? An organic option would be preferred.
Also wormers. I'd like to worm them before the babies are born and want to know what's safe, again organic preferred. They come off a system of 4 times a year using the same chemical wormer all the time so guessing there will be some resistance there.
I just had a cat have an anaphylactic reaction to a worm tablet she's had plenty of times before so I'm wanting to get away from using chemicals. She's fine after an expensive emergency vet visit but it's something I'd like to avoid doing again.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (I'll post pics of the new ladies soon, thought they look scruffy as they had no minerals available at their old home. )
They were wormed just before they left their old home and I saw no evidence of lice on them but now everyone has them. I thought everyone was just itchy because they are moulting (spring here) but when I was having a scratch and smooch with my buck and whether I found them. The does are quite wild so I don't get to handle them unless I catch them first. They were put in with a buck around the beginning of May (date uncertain, farmer didn't keep notes) and one looks very obviously pregnant, the other isn't as big. The due date calculator says I could have kids from early next month so I'm wondering what is safe to use? Ages ago someone told me a dusting of sulfur powder will get rid of them on dogs but I've never tried it. I have some here so that would be easy if it will work and is safe. I read a lot of threads where Ivermec injectable is recommended but I was worried that would hurt the babies. It should be easy enough for me to get, my dairy farming friend should have it on hand but is it safe? An organic option would be preferred.
Also wormers. I'd like to worm them before the babies are born and want to know what's safe, again organic preferred. They come off a system of 4 times a year using the same chemical wormer all the time so guessing there will be some resistance there.
I just had a cat have an anaphylactic reaction to a worm tablet she's had plenty of times before so I'm wanting to get away from using chemicals. She's fine after an expensive emergency vet visit but it's something I'd like to avoid doing again.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (I'll post pics of the new ladies soon, thought they look scruffy as they had no minerals available at their old home. )