I aquired a 1 year old wether today. His former owner said the reason she was getting rid of him was that he was getting out and she didn't know where. She said he had been a bottle baby also. My question is, how do I keep him from wanting to get out? Tonight he had one time where the got out, we fixed that situation and he was fine, we went away for a couple hours, came back he was still in pen with my other wether (smaller and younger), after we got back we stood outside the fence to admire our handy work with the fencing, he came up and was bleating at us. Couple quick pets and then we were walking away and he started going nuts, getting very vocal and trying to go over the fence. Reminded me of seperation anxiety in a dog. Could this be his problem? If so how would I fix it? Didn't make a lot of sense to me since he had stayed in earlier when we left. (He had kind of been pouting in a corner) Have him on a rope now just to make sure he doesn't get out and wander off or worse while I am at work tomorrow. He can only reach one fence if he goes over with the rope on, and has plenty so he wouldn't get hung up. I still would prefer not to have him on it when we aren't around. I apologize if it seems like I am rambling.
Fences
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goats&moregoats
True BYH Addict
in my humble opinion:
1) take the rope off
2) make sure he has plenty to eat, even if there is browse in his area make sure he has free choice hay as well also plenty of water.
3) spend a little time with him everyday. Short visits with short intervals in between. I am sure if it is anxiety once he sees you will be back he will settle in fine with the other weather.
4) making sure they have a multitude of things to 'investigate" play on, this will help keep them busy. Old spools, tires, rocks piles, or a child's slide.
1) take the rope off
2) make sure he has plenty to eat, even if there is browse in his area make sure he has free choice hay as well also plenty of water.
3) spend a little time with him everyday. Short visits with short intervals in between. I am sure if it is anxiety once he sees you will be back he will settle in fine with the other weather.
4) making sure they have a multitude of things to 'investigate" play on, this will help keep them busy. Old spools, tires, rocks piles, or a child's slide.
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
Mine, actually got out into my Mom's garden back in May, and we put up pallets fence where they kept getting out. They have never gotten out again. I also wasn't feeding hay at that point in time. All mine wanted to do was eat grass from the yard,(and corn from the garden...whoops.)
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Mine is chasing me. The reason for the rope is because I work away from home everyday. I would prefer that he be there when I get home. I am unable to get hotwire until the end of the month, so I was looking for suggestions otherwise. He is about a year old, plenty of browse and water.
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Where did you put the pallets? My fence is about the same height as a pallet, so unless I put them on top I don't know how much it will change.
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
You put the pallets along the bottom, pretty much cover the fence up. Put the pallet in the spot and then put a t-post in front of it, take wire, or left over hay string and tie it to the original fence t-post
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lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
They can go either way, but put the taller side up.
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
Mine hit them all the time and they have really learned to respect it.
lkmartin1230
Loving the herd life
Usually the pallet has a taller side and a shorter side, I looked at mime and they are on the taller side, but you have to put them closer together.
