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I have a 2 year old Nubian doe who came home on 3/8. She's had clumpy poop since the day she came home with the exception of just a few days when it seemed to be clearing up. I haven't been able to resolve the issue so far!
Here's some background info: She kidded in January and lost the kid to the cold. She lost a lot of weight because she apparently called for the kid for two weeks and barely ate. She's also at the absolute bottom of the pecking order so she was pretty lean when we picked her up. Not emaciated, these goats are well cared for, just lacking condition. Also, she was exposed to a buck so there's a chance she's bred.
We've done two things since we brought her home:
1) Deworming. She's been wormed approximately every 10 days with Ivomec pour-on given orally since she got here.
2) Increase her grain ration. This girl eats a TON of grain because we're trying to put some weight on her. We didn't see much change until about 2 weeks ago when she suddenly started gaining rapidly. She also gets BOSS daily in addition to free choice hay and loose mineral. She does get some fresh grass, but not much. On a day where I gave them quite a bit she went from clumps to full-on green scours for about 6 hours then back to clumps. Since then I've been more careful about moderating.
The two causes I initially suspected were parasites and the increase in her grain. It just seems like if those were the causes it might have resolved itself by now. I'm hoping someone might confirm these suspicions and/or offer some other possibilities to look into. I wormed her again today with Ivomec, but am considering trying another wormer next time.
Just to be specific ( I hope this is actually relevant and not TMI
) when I say clumpy I mean that it's basically just one round pellet. It's not that the pellets are formed but sticking together, it's just one big clump. It's also dry enough that we don't have a cow pie effect, it hits the ground and remains a large, round clump.
Any thoughts from the experts?
Here's some background info: She kidded in January and lost the kid to the cold. She lost a lot of weight because she apparently called for the kid for two weeks and barely ate. She's also at the absolute bottom of the pecking order so she was pretty lean when we picked her up. Not emaciated, these goats are well cared for, just lacking condition. Also, she was exposed to a buck so there's a chance she's bred.
We've done two things since we brought her home:
1) Deworming. She's been wormed approximately every 10 days with Ivomec pour-on given orally since she got here.
2) Increase her grain ration. This girl eats a TON of grain because we're trying to put some weight on her. We didn't see much change until about 2 weeks ago when she suddenly started gaining rapidly. She also gets BOSS daily in addition to free choice hay and loose mineral. She does get some fresh grass, but not much. On a day where I gave them quite a bit she went from clumps to full-on green scours for about 6 hours then back to clumps. Since then I've been more careful about moderating.
The two causes I initially suspected were parasites and the increase in her grain. It just seems like if those were the causes it might have resolved itself by now. I'm hoping someone might confirm these suspicions and/or offer some other possibilities to look into. I wormed her again today with Ivomec, but am considering trying another wormer next time.
Just to be specific ( I hope this is actually relevant and not TMI
) when I say clumpy I mean that it's basically just one round pellet. It's not that the pellets are formed but sticking together, it's just one big clump. It's also dry enough that we don't have a cow pie effect, it hits the ground and remains a large, round clump.Any thoughts from the experts?
