She gets the same amount (20 oz) every feeding, 3 times a day, real milk. She's active and is her normal goof-ball self, but she is just swatting and having some diarrhea. She doesn't act like her stomach hurts or that she is overly hungry or thirsty.
I did give her some baking soda this...
I have a bottle kid that has light colored (almost white), mucous-y diarrhea this morning. She refused her bottle, but insisted on eating goat pellet. Did she just get too much milk last feeding or is it scours? I've never seen scours that looked this way. Thanks for you help!
:lol: Now that's funny!!!
I've had somebody ask whey I kept so many "billy goats" at my house. I told them I only had one. They replied with, "But they all have horns!"
Expect to pay $300-$500 for a good dairy doe in milk.
If you want a less expensive option, you may want to purchase a doeling instead. Check Craigslist - may dairies will run ads for extra doe kids on there.
Tattoos are permanent, ear tags are not. That's why many registries require you to mention their tattoos (in both ears) as a form of positive identification.
Thanks for sharing this. This is the first I've heard/seen about melanoma in goats. This does make me want to wear more sunscreen myself since I have fair skin as well.