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Have another goat question: I noticed a couple of days ago that our 4 week old doeling had the scours. Have been giving probiotic a.m. and p.m., but last night seems to be worse. Her temp is 104.7. We tried best we could to give her some Pedialyte, maybe got 2 ounces into her. She is not...

I cut the doe's hair, treated areas for ringworm, and treated for lice. Hope that will help. We will see! Thanks for your input!

Thanks for all your replies. There are no other animals with my girls. I have 3 does and 3 kids. As for injection sites, no injections were given near these circles. They look like bites, but not sure. Any other suggestions?

My doe (Saanen/Apline cross) has 3 strange circles on her side. The skin is not affected; just the hair is clipped. I have never seen them before. Could they be bites from another Goat? I do not believe that it is ring worm because the skin is normal. The coloration of the ring is the color...

Thank you for your help and time. I appreciate it. I had the vet stop and she believes that the rumen is not working up to par. I gave probitics and warm water. She started eating hay. The vet felt that her sugar levels were low, because of the rumen problem, and that caused the stumbling...

Thank you for your help and time. I appreciate it. I had the vet stop and she believes that the rumen is not working up to par. I gave probitics and warm water. She started eating hay. The vet felt that her sugar levels were low, because of the rumen problem, and that caused the stumbling...

This morning I put one of my doe on the milk stand. She would not eat and she was having difficulty standing. Two days ago she had scours I think from all the fresh grass. I gave her some probiotics and the next morning she seemed ok. Yesterday and last night everything seemed fine. But this...

We use Python dust for mices and lice. It works well. I fill an old sock with the dust and then I pat the sock on the animals body. I am very careful not to get dust in the animals eyes or let them breath in the dust. It does take multiple applications.

I have a saanan first freshener. She had a buckling on Monday, 5/15/13. Before she kidded she had a very little udder. Since she had one kid she was able to produce enough milk for him and her udder has developed well. I am not bottle feeding. Today when I put her on the stand I was able to...

Thanks. That is what I thought. My vet will not give Bo-Se. She says that free minerals and feed should be enough

Elevan in your initial thread you said that you give BoSe 30 days pre-kidding. How do you do that? Injection or oral? Where to you get your BoSe?

I have been feeding my goat orchard grass hay and they seem to love it. I am running short and in need to purchase more. In Western Pennsylvania good hay is hard to find due to the unusually dry spring. I have located some Clover hay and want to know about feeding it to my goats. I have 3...

One thing different this cycle. Large amount of clear discharge. ????

I took her to be bred and left her at the breeders. She got out of the pen and got into the buck pen with 4 bucks all different breeds. So I am glad she is not bred, but my concern is the she or I missed her cycle.

She is acting the same as her last cycle. Thanks for your thoughts.

I am a new goat owner. I had a doeling bred on November 8th. I kept a close eye on her and checked her on November 25th thru the 29th. She showed no sign of coming into heat. Today she is flagging and her vulva is swollen. What are your thoughts

Thanks for all your input. Today I took all my goat's temps (rectal). The one that coughs had a temp of 100.8 and the other two were 100.8 and 100.9. So I guess that she does not have a temp. I tried to spend a lot of time in the barn and it seem that the coughing has slowed down. She...

I want to thank you for all the information. You are very helpful. I took redtailgal's suggestion and changed the title of my question. I am going to call the vet tomorrow. Emily's link was great. My doeling was bred November 6th. She is about 115 pounds. The cough is more like a choke...

Thank you for your prayers. Prayer helps!

I am a first time goat owner. I have 2 saanen doelings (9 months old)and one alpine (2yrs old). One of my bred doelings has a cough. It sounds like she is choking. I was thinking it may be lung worms so I wormed her with safe-guard. I calculated her weight and gave her the dosage per the...