Doe losing hair in chunks :/

[Roll farms]

I always clip our togs in June, otherwise they look like wooly mammoths all summer as they shed and just look 'bad' compared to the other goats who aren't all shaggy / bleached out looking.

I noticed when I clipped one she had a quarter-sized crusty spot on her hip. I put some MTG on it (tsc carries it, it's a topical conditioner found in the horse section...) and it cleared up.



Don't get me wrong, just b/c I occasionally use ivo and 7 dust when needed, I'm not necessarily advocating it or saying it's a 'good thing'...
But DE won't kill all the bugs dead, and mites / lice can do a lot of damage.

I just don't want y'all to get the impression I'm running around here w/ a 5 gallon jug of ivo and a 50# bag of 7 dust,....but when needed, I will use them if I feel it's in the best interest of the animal.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

It looks exactly like hot spots on a dog. I have MTG for the horses, I'll try that. I've never clipped anything, but I guess it can't hurt to try it.

 

[cmjust0]

To me, hotspots on a dog look like big open weepy sores...is that what you're dealing with?

We had a doe with those once...without actually seeing it, one vet said it was probably 'dermatiphilosis' and would likely clear up with a topical or injected antibiotic.

We put her on tetracycline and it went away....or they went away, can't remember if she just had the one spot or multiples.


Either way, for us, it was a bacterial thing. Dunno why she got it, but she did.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

I had a rotty once that had itchy, crusty spots that would get bald. Right at her tail base. I started pumping her with fresh garlic and it cleared up. Not that I would feed garlic to a goat or expect one to eat it. (My cheese might taste good though).

It kind of looks craddle cap and more like dry, scabby, yellow flakey patch on her back. Not red or oozing or sore. It has no odor.