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Well I will still continue with the prescribed treatments and I will call the vet about the fecal. But on a good note, she seems ever so slightly better today. She is still lethargic and has diarrhea but she was fighting much stronger against me during the pepto administration. Yesterday she...

Of course it is okay to question him!! I know that and I thank you for the reccomendation and like I said he is the only large animal vet around so I have no choice but to go there. I for one don't expect anyone to know what everything is all the time. I really do appreciate all your help and...

Well I gave her it in a paste and force fed it to her. I made her walk up to the house(now I have a goat in the hall in a dog crate) its too hard to keep walking down to the barn to check on her constantly. She seemed better after a bit of a walk but once shes down again she looks horrid.

Should I mix it in the electrolytes she won't eat anything. How do I get her to take the baking soda?

Thats what I thought! I didn't think 103 was that high for a goat. The drug he prescribed is Excenel(Ithink thats the trade name). It states the medical ingredient is Ceftiofur 50mg/ml. This vet was reccomended to me HOWEVER they are the only vet around that will even see a goat. He did not...

Hanging in there. I ended up taking her to the vet this morning. At that point she had a temp of 103. He thinks she has pneumonia( I didn't notice any symptoms). He said with the stethoscope her lungs sound full of fluid. He thought that maybe the diarrhea was brought on by the stress of...

I went out to the barn this morning to do the morning chores, my 6 month old alpine doeling (up to date on shots and deworming) Has severe liquid diarrhea. She is not running a fever but is listless. What shall I do? Besides put in a call to the vet(done, waiting to hear back)

Correct me if I am wrong but just in case I am right I wanted to say that I think s I read that the leaves of the trees with stone friuts contain even MORE cyanide once they wilt and turn brown?? Just wanted to clarify just in case someone out there is drying their cherry tree leaves waiting...

Thanks everyone. I am pretty excited about it! I will post pics if/when I get him ;)

Friends of mine have a 5 month old nubian buckling. I think he is starting to get hormonal, mounting the doellings(I suggested separating him for now). He was a sweet little guy but now he even appears to be attempting to mount or at least bully the people around him. I was offered this guy...

Okay great I will redose her today. Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it.

I used the injectable but gave it orally as instructed. You suggest dosing again? Thanks for the reply.

Today I dosed my goats with Ivermectin orally. I gave them twice the dose recommended for cattle. Which for their weight worked out to be about 1.5mls. About 10 mins after giving my goats the med my doeling threw up a good size amount of thick white plemgy stuff. Does anyone know if this...

This is devastating I am so sorry. Everybody loses in this situation. Your pets lost their lives, the dogs will probably lose theirs(killing livestock often leads to a dog being considered a dangerous dog). Y ou and your family for having to live with the heartache. BUT the only one who...

I am new to goats, but just for my information, shouldn't they be quarantined for a period anyways? Hi username taken. I though you had disappeared!

Thanks everyone. I feel better about it now. We still have quite a few months before I really have to worry about it anyways. This thread has a lot of very useful and informative links. Thank you all. Tara

I don't think this is THAT funny of a question. Its a proven fact (thanks Ceasar Milan) that dogs react to a womans cycle. Male dogs often become more protective of their female owners during that time of month. Why not goat?

Thanks chirpy. I will look at that link! BUT I do feel better about it all ready.

We recently got goats and when they are older my hubby is sooo excited about milking them and drinking their milk and making cheese and goat milk fudge, and I'll just say he talks about it a lot. Anyways I feel leary about drinking it. Help me too feel better about it, or shouldn't we drink...

I also have nothing to offer. But I wish you luck. I also wanted to tell you from experience that getting animals would be a way to spend money not make it. Good luck though.