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As far as Alfalfa causing urinary stones; this has been discussed here before, and the actual problem was said not to be directly with alfalfa, but with phosphorous (from grain feed). The calcium to phosphorous ratio in feed should be around 2:1 if I remember correctly, so the problems often...

I'm tanning some goat hides I have. They been salted for around 5 days now and I'm trying to figure out what tanning solution to use. I want something permanent (water proof), and it seem alum tanning is not permanent. Is acid tanning permanent?

I don't know if cats were ruled out for some other reason but I'll put it in a good word for them for keeping the numbers down once you've got the main infestation is down. (I don't think they'd be as effective to get rid of a big population like you seem to have). We had two we adopted earlier...

Much better! She is peeing without falling and actually got up by herself a few days ago to give milk to her kids. She’s still dragging that back foot though so not sure if it’s something that is permanent or will go away with time. Her poop is still fluctuating between clumpy and nice berries

Her temp is down to 102.7, which is good. Her breathing is still not as good as I would like it and she seems to be peeing less often than before although she is drinking water. She hunches every now and then.

The kids are still good and happy. They drink well and one of them will cry if he can't get the teat after trying for a while... mama's teats are a little too big to fit in their tiny mouths easily. They've started exploring and jumping about. She's the only one in milk; the next two are only...

She's running a bit of a fever. Earlier noticed her temp was up and breathing was a little hard so gave her a shot of Draxxin. Went down to pick her up later and let the kids drink and her temp was 104.8, we stood her up and let her breathe some fresh, colder air; checked her temp and it's down...

She's given birth to two healthy little boys! They took a little time to get on their feet but now are walking and nursing fine! Unfortunately, the mother still cannot get up on her own, and has some difficulty peeing without sitting down. She is a very very attentive mother this time around...

I guess it's possible; the molasses is definitely helping her a lot. I don't see many articles about that though; what would be the symptoms, or how could I determine if it is? A blood test?

Well for an update... she's still about that same I'd say. Her udders are filling a bit. And she does turn into a little speedy gonzalez when she sees the grain bucket. I have to tell her to slow down! Tonight I heard a bit of a wet cough coming from her which i s a little worrying. We try to...

Thank you very much for all the advice. If she doesn't recover / seems to have some kind of permanent damage, we definitely won't be breeding her again. Counting days to due date; just need her to stay strong.

Yes they have been tested and are negative. We have not given injectable, but have been giving her crushed up human super b-complex. I have been giving her 'magic' at 20 cc twice a day for the past few days. I might give a higher amount today. Do you know if too much cal mpk can be a problem...

Ok... anything we can do for a stroke? This is why I waited to worm for meningeal... however our vet said we should treat and it had been a week, she wasn't getting better so we went with it.

She has been dragging her feet and unable to pick herself up. No other symptoms. We are treating for meningeal worm and toxemia along with hypocalcemia. I made a thread the other day here I would love any advice!

I'm going through and updating old posts of mine... these girls ended up fine, one of them had a bit of a difficult kidding but I don't think it was related to this at all.

Oh never saw this... well he turned out just fine. Had him and his brother sent to freezer camp a month or so ago. His mother is pregnant again and not doing very great though; 'tis the life I suppose

Yea... I wish I had just treated for toxemia when I saw her dragging that foot, even if she didn't show any other symptoms. I think she has multiple problems, all likely stemming from the hay switch I did late last year. Unfortunately can't fix past mistakes, just trying to figure out how to go...

Maybe I'm expecting too much too fast, but she doesn't seem better; maybe worse. It seems like her back right pasterns are weak and sometimes she's putting them nearly flat on the ground :\ (Hopefully its not laminitis?) I couldn't get a good picture. Thankfully she can still walk even though...

Good bad news; did ketocheck today and it seems positive (there's no comparison on the bottle). At least I know what to treat for now! I'm glad I gave her straight corn syrup tonight when I went down to see her earlier. She still has a voracious appetite (we also got some peanut hay which...

She's not really better or worse, still dragging her 2 right feet when she walks. Other two feet are just fine, everything else she's acting perfectly happy. She can't pick herself up when she falls but with a little help can get back on her feet. It's pretty cold where we are too so her temp...