Bathing Temps & Blow dryer ??s

[gibbsgirl]

What is the lowest outside temperature that would be safe to bathe my goats in?

I'm sure right now is probably out of the question. But, I'd like to have an idea when it would be safe to proceed. I just got them and they're pretty gross looking. And, I want to be able to take "pretty pictures"!! Of course, I don't want the beauty regime to kill them!!

Also, I'd like to buy a blow dryer and I'm not sure what to get. It wouldn't be used daily, but it would be use both at home and away at the fair.

I saw one called a Circuiteer that came in a few different models.

I haven't seen much else, but I saw one that looked very different at my cousin's fair in South Dakota. Circuiteer is the only kind I've found using google.

Any recommendations of good or bad ones?

Thanks.

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

Well, If you just HAVE to bath them I would say wait until its at least 60 degrees outside and sunny with no wind(goats catch cold very easily).
I don't think I'd recommend blow drying them(I tried this once when I first bought my goats, it was a FIASCO >.< , goats don't like being blow dried, trust me, its a proven fact, I have the bruises to prove it ...well, maybe not bruises, my goats were small but I think you get the picture )
Any way, just towel dry, its easier and much less traumatizing (...of course I've never shown my goats, perhaps they sell quieter less traumatizing dryers for that purpose, but I'm not sure on that one )

Now, If you just can't wait until its nice and warm outside(and we're only talking about two small young goats) you could potentially just bring them into your nice warm house to bath(using warm, not hot, water) and let them hang out in the bathroom until they are dry(also what I did when I first got my goats). Its a lot of trouble of course and the goats will be in EVERYTHING, including jumping on things you would not normally think of a critter jumping on(Computer desks, coffee tables, chairs, exercise equipment, couches, beds...anything high up and remotely climbable ) but it would get the job done and you would have less fear of them getting sick....If you don't want to go through all that and the nice warm days are weeks or months away you could of course just use a curry brush and a moist rag for right now (which works just as well really )