choking goat, did I treat right?

[meme]

I know you can do the heimlich on dogs. It's a lot like they do for people really. Heidi eats her grain really fast and she even snorts like a pig! It would be really scary if she started choking. Glad your's is OK!

 

[ksalvagno]

As long as they are able to get it out themselves, you can just watch and make sure they end up being ok. If they can't recover on their own, then hitting the sides or doing the heimlich should be fine. I used to give our alpaca a shot of Banamine after choking and that seemed to help them.

 

[LadyIsabelle2011]

I have one of my own piggy goats who used to choke every now and then, it always scared me half to death because I really didn't know what to do, once or twice I did the himelick maneuver, another time I just pounded her back a little and both seemed to help, either that or she just dislodged it herself :/ I finally stopped the problem by cutting smooth pelleted stuff out of the picture, Pellets themselves are fine, its the really sleek or skinny stuff that I noticed causes the issues. The other girl has never choked once but then she is less of a piggy about pellets ...she's still a piggy, just not about the normal stuff.

They have a pelleted feed, only thing added to it is sunflower seeds and their minerals (till I get a better mineral). He's never choked himself before. I've been tempted to seperate him and his brother and the does and feed the 2 wethers less feed so the does get a better share of the feed. I think I will talk to DH about getting this done. The wethers don't need as much feed as they are getting and since the does are pregnant they need to get their share for sure.

Sounds good, and who knows, maybe less competition for the food will help him calm down and eat a little slower.

 

[pdpo222]

Someone posted a good idea that I will use if I ever get a goat that's a hog. lol Put rocks in the bowl or feeder so they have to dig around and can't just gobble with no problem. I think that is a great idea. The avatar I have is of the 4 goats I will be getting tomorrow. The pygora is in back so hard to see.