Goat with kidney stones?

[Goatherd]

Glad to hear that Mervin was A-OK. I do have one question for you though...what time was your vet appointment that you're back and posting this at 8:17 AM?

 

[Alicia G]

well it was 9ish when I posted (different time here) but we took him to the vets as soon as the office opened, which was 7:30 this morning we live only a 5 minute walk from the vets office anyways

 

[Catahoula]

well it was 9ish when I posted (different time here) but we took him to the vets as soon as the office opened, which was 7:30 this morning we live only a 5 minute walk from the vets office anyways

Did you walk Mervin to the vet's office? He is cute!

 

[redtailgal]

He is a lovely boy.........

I'm so glad he is OK!


and you were right to get him to a vet asap! thank goodness it was not UC!

 

[elevan]

Folks remember that the time zone posted is YOUR local time zone. We have members from around the world!


Alicia G - Did you happen to give a Vitamin B shot or give supplements of Vitamin B recently? That could cause reddish or brownish colored urine.
You also want to break that head butting habit right away! He could seriously hurt you or someone else.

Glad that he is feeling better!

 

[Alicia G]

Folks remember that the time zone posted is YOUR local time zone. We have members from around the world!


Alicia G - Did you happen to give a Vitamin B shot or give supplements of Vitamin B recently? That could cause reddish or brownish colored urine.
You also want to break that head butting habit right away! He could seriously hurt you or someone else.

Glad that he is feeling better!

No he hasn't had any extra vitamins given. He was de-wormed three weeks ago, but I am wondering if he got into my ducks food. It's straight corn, nothing else, but it must not be too good for him :/ He has been jumping around in the stall just itching to get out, but I think I will leave him in for a day or so just to be safe. I am going to pick up some of the Ammonium chloride (sp?) to help avoid actually running into kidney stone problems.
Thanks,
Alicia

 

[elevan]

Corn is high in phosphorus and can lead to urinary calculi. Most grains are high in phosphorus.

 

[Alicia G]

Will make sure to be 200 times more careful every bit of corn/grain is out of reach from now on.

 

[elevan]

Will make sure to be 200 times more careful every bit of corn/grain is out of reach from now on.

As long as it's not to excess grain can be fed to goats. I know I'm probably confusing the matter but I just want you to understand that while folks do feed grain they need to make sure that Calcium to Phosphorus is at a minimum of a 2:1 ratio.

In addition there are certain plants that are higher in B vitamins and if he ate a concentration of them that day they could have resulted in his urine color.

 

[Goatherd]

Here at Willowbrook Farm, all goats are fed grain conservatively twice a day, 365 days a year. This includes the wethered male. Never has there been a problem with dietary upset with any of them.

Make an intelligent and informed decision and act appropriately for what you feel works for you.