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I have no idea if it can be done on goats :hu ... but for ID purposes, some folks tattoo their dogs incase they ever run away. Guess its an idea anyway to look into.

A few folks may have heard of the little town I live in... Buffalo TX. Population less than 2,000! :gig Its a new experience for me being a Navy brat for 10yrs, then spending another 12yrs as a Marine wife. Always moving around and being in the city. Now I live in the middle of nowhere. :ep

Bah I wish I would have read this sooner.. I would have groomed for free. :P Glad to hear it was nothing serious though!

Update! The twins are now 4.5wks old and doing so much better and eating really good. Even nibbling on leaves now. They still don't seem to be all that into the sweet feed though. Oh and their little horns are starting to come in. They have little nubbins poking out now. Here's a few pics to...

Other people bring goats, bottle babies (about 2 and a half weeks old now), in the house right? My husband thinks I've lost my mind because I brought my little ones inside this morning. :gig Yesterday was a little storm here.. nothing too bad. About 10min of downpour rain and gusty winds. They...

Let me know how it goes! I will wait until I hear the outcome before I attempt it. :gig

Would the Mane and Tail shampoo (stuff for horses but heard of people using too) work?

I'm glad you asked this question! My two little bottle babies are getting dirty as well and I was thinking of giving them a bath, but wasn't sure exactly if I should or not. What would you bath a goat with anyway?? :hu

Oh no... I'm so sorry. :(

Little update... Both are doing well and eating good. :weee Here's a couple pics I took tonight of them exploring my backyard. I found out little baby goats can scream bloody murder. I went to take just the girl out of her pen and swap after a little bit (figure easier to babysit one at...

How exciting!! :celebrate

I'm not sure if it was me finally learning or the little boy, but he's actually eating a lot better now. I just started using the Priobiotics yesterday afternoon so not sure if that has anything to do with it. Last several feedings, he's been eating about 3/4 cup (per feeding) of replacer milk...

Ok finally got a chance to go to the feed store. I didn't see anything called Probios, but I did find Probiotic Powder.. Is this the right stuff? Says to feed 2.5g/head/day.

Yeah, those pics were taken before they ate anything. After he ate this morning, he had a nice flat side. No sinking side or bulging. :)

Yay!! He actually ate better this morning!! :celebrate He drank 1/2 cup..instead of his norm of 1/4 cup. He actually showed interest in eating too. Usually when I'm feeding her, he just sorta stands there and watches. This morning he actually jumped in my lap like he was thinking 'me next! me...

Ok so nothing really needs to be done that I'm not already doing. It just seems so nasty hot out there, and thinking of those poor little things in the heat drives me nuts. I won't even let my dogs spend more than 10 min outside in these temps. Wonder if I could convince my husband to let me...

He wasn't at first. But today I caught him doing some bouncing. He and the girl were hopping around and looked like they were trying to play with each other. Something else I was meaning to ask and curious about. When I'm feeding the boy, she starts doing her bouncing around all over the pen...

oh thanks Farmer Kitty! I assume this stuff can be bought at a feed store right?

my first question is, since the doe had no milk and it took you a few days to get them drinking well, did they get any colostrum? -I'm not really sure. I think they may have gotten some. Grandma was saying how they would nurse some in the morning for the first couple days, but that's it. Rest...

Ok here's the story. Husbands grandfather has tons of goats (like 70+). One of them gave birth to twins Thursday of last week. This was her 3rd set of twins. The previous sets died. She has no milk so grandfather said if we wanted to try and bottle feed them we can. He said she'll be getting...