Anyone else notice any of their goats wasting away? Pics Added

[sadieml]

Glad for the apparent improvement in Ella. Hope the copper and noble goat prove to be just what she needed.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Well Ella is not doing any better it seems it was wishful thinking. After giving copper bolus to the herd and switching to an alfalfa mix hay and the higher percentage goat grain everyone looks good except Ella. Her daughter who was getting thin and Phoebe who had the twin buck kids have both plumped back up. Ella looks the same only she is more bald now.

So far she has gotten...copper bolus twice (4g total), dumor goat wormer 2 times, Probioic Plus paste 4 times, Bose gel 5 times, nutri-drench 6 times, CDT shot, jump start plus, i even gave her durvet lamb & kid drench. She has access to loose minerals and gets an entire 3lb scoop of sweet goat feed to herself and never runs out of hay. We laos treated the entire herd for cocci again. She will not gain weight. I have been looking all over online trying to find the problem and i think she has mites...i have looked for lice several time and have found no signs of them but she does look like pics of other goats with mites, except she is so skinny.

I have Ivomec and read that it should get rid of mites but i read to give it orally some places and subQ other places so im not sure which way to go on that. I think i am going to get a horse shampoo and wash her good on Sunday as it is suppose to be sunny and 70 here. I'm not really sure what to do for her. We were switched to 6 days a week 10hrs days at work so i cant get to the post office to mail out samples until we go back to our normal shift. Other then being a walking skeleton she seems happy enough and in good spirits.

 

[babsbag]

Do the Ivomec injected for mites or lice and be prepared for her to scream, it stings like crazy. I have actually had goats flip and flop after the injection and yet others do nothing.

You really need to get the Johne's test done. JMO Did you actually get a fecal done?

 

[misfitmorgan]

I know i need to babs but things came up and we got to busy and now i have been working 6 days a week 10hrs a day, my only day off being Sunday...HD works the same for his normal Shift so i cant do anything until they switch my shift back cause the PO is closed when i get off work and before i go to work. My new shift is 6:30am-5:30pm...DH is 6am-4:30pm if there was a closer PO to DH's work he could mail it out but the closest one is 35minutes.

I already sent in blood samples but i sent them on the wrong day cause it didnt specify what day and the lab told me i need to send new ones. i never did get the fecal done...i plan too. Ella, Lucy and Cassiopia are scheduled to get bio-screen, everyone else is testing for CAE/OPPV only and then fecals for everyone. I just need to be able to get to the PO to mail them. i wish i could just keep them in the fridge at work and just mail them on lunch but my boss already told me no. I told him they would be completely sealed up and boxed and he sill said no.

 

[babsbag]

Take an ice chest to work and leave it in your car. Or ask a friend to mail them for you. I would use FedEx for overnight delivery.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Take an ice chest to work and leave it in your car. Or ask a friend to mail them for you. I would use FedEx for overnight delivery.

That is a good idea i didnt think about doing the cooler. I cant do FedEx we dont have FedEx locally closest is 45 minutes away. All FedEx packages for us get transferred to USPS at the Hub north or us and then delivered by USPS. Same for UPS, closest UPS is only 20 minutes away though. So yeah im stuck with USPS.

 

[babsbag]

UGH!!! So thankful I live in the city version of the country. Plenty of farm and ranch land but city of 95,000 people is only 10 miles away.

 

[misfitmorgan]

UGH!!! So thankful I live in the city version of the country. Plenty of farm and ranch land but city of 95,000 people is only 10 miles away.

Yeah it sucks i came from a city of 15,000 people....the village i actually currently live in only has 947 people and the city i work in only has 922 people. The closest UPS city that is 20 minutes away has 1,795 people also the closest TSC lol. i was a bit shell shocked when i first moved here but you get over it. We do have a drop box for FedEx and UPS locally but those are picked up after 5pm by USPS then taken to the hub 45mins north of us and sorted then sent to their carrier hub the next day..so i doubt thats faster then sending them out in the 2pm mail at USPS. Your not even suppose to use overnight packages for the drop boxes and if you do it voids the delivery guarantee as far as i know. i am aiming for mail out on monday at lunch even if i have to take an hour lunch and work later.

Ella did get a Ivermax injection last night so shall see. None of our goats have had Ivermectin anything to worm in over 2 yrs so maybe we were missing something. She is getting a bath Sunday then stool sample and blood draw then i will mail out monday i hope, with the rest of the samples.

 

[sadieml]

We will all be praying for dear, little Ella. AND for you to be able to get your samples sent off on Monday.

 

[misfitmorgan]

We will all be praying for dear, little Ella. AND for you to be able to get your samples sent off on Monday.

Thank you much!! She needs it. Her spirits never seem to be down though even with her poor condition she is still always friendly and wondering what you got for her or just wanting to get some pets. Everyone else in the barn looks good, good weight, good coat and losing some of the copper deficient signs.