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Anyone doing their own fecals make the floatation solution use a hydrometer? I have a recipe for making the solution, but I wanted to see if anyone uses a specific hydrometer to measure the specific gravity of the solution. If so, can you give the make and model. Thanks

I have tried the molasses thing and she takes and then spits it right out.... I keep the syringe with the powder and water with me, so we still get to have fun. I think that I will try the paste thing next.

Am trying to give a picky goat probiotics..... she is really funny when it comes to new things. I have a powder form of the probiotics and tried mixing it with ground up grain (which she will eat easily) + honey + ground up ginger snap. At first she munched and then out it came. I ended up...

I am thinking that it is the thermometer..... or even the operator. First time taking a temp on a goat, but the wife and I did it to see if the results were the same and they were. The other girl has a low temp too and looking at both of their behaviors, they are the same. True, they may be a...

Was able to get a temp. reading on Elsie- 99.2. Since I am knew to the temp thing, I cleaned the thermometer and took one on her sister. Lucy was at 100.8. With this in mind and knowing that there are fluctuations between goats, as well as thermometers, would this be normal? I was using a...

Yes, LOTS of form and not watery...... Some of the stool even has small "normal" clumps of pellets (but they look "soft").

I have a 2 1/2 year old female pygmy fainting goat that had scours about 1 week ago- it lasted for 1 day and was most likely due to the fact that she and her sister got into the garden and ate things that they never get to eat. The scours cleared up and the poop returned to normal. I also did...

I have been searching online for upcoming FAMACHA courses, but seems that they are very limited / hard to find. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start? I have done searches and gone to scsrpc.org, but not having any luck.