Goats are sick | Here we go again!

[20kidsonhill]

Daunte, our alpine seems much better this evening. His swelling has gone down some and he is following me around again.

that is great. I am glad they are on their way to recovery. We had a heck of a time with one of our adult does this summer. Parasits both internal and external have been terible this year. WE have had years that we didn't hardly worm anything, but this year was not the case with the warm winter.

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

I'd better be getting myself a backbone then. Ugh! So stressful.

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

O.k. So now all the goats seem to have puffy faces again. Urgh! So do I start them on meds again. Only been a week. Is it o.k? Rain and snow the past few days. Wet....wet...wet...

 

[20kidsonhill]

my guess would be the Panacur isn't strong enough to lower your Heamancha(spelling?) worm load. You probably need a stronger wormer.

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Like? I have safeguard from Jeffers. Will this work?

 

[20kidsonhill]

Like? I have safeguard from Jeffers. Will this work?

Panacur is the same as safegaurd.

Iwas thinking more on the lines of cydectin, synanthic maybe valbazene.

You could try Quest wormer for horses. Quest is the same active ingredients as cydectin and works well on the type of worm you are dealing with. then you woudln't have to get a bigger bottle of medication that will cost more for just a couple goats.

I think it is around $13 or so for a tube and will treat 600 lbs of goats, treat at twice the dosage for a horse.

You treated for 5 days in a row for coccidiosis
and also 3 days with panacur???

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Like? I have safeguard from Jeffers. Will this work?

Panacur is the same as safegaurd.

Iwas thinking more on the lines of cydectin, synanthic maybe valbazene.

You could try Quest wormer for horses. Quest is the same active ingredients as cydectin and works well on the type of worm you are dealing with. then you woudln't have to get a bigger bottle of medication that will cost more for just a couple goats.

I think it is around $13 or so for a tube and will treat 600 lbs of goats, treat at twice the dosage for a horse.

You treated for 5 days in a row for coccidiosis
and also 3 days with panacur???

Yes. That is correct. Should i go another round of 3 and 5 days?

Thank you again!

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

For how many days should I give the pig iron and B complex?

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Parasites are back for round 4 and I'm so do for a nervous breakdown. I have no other pasture to bring them to. Vet suggested Cleaning with Borax. Going to clean shed and yard with this tomorrow. This really has been a complete nightmare. Every time I think they are better, within a day or two, the bottle jaw is back! Hoping the ground freezes real soon! Just need to SCREAM >>> ENOUGH ALREADY! Oh.... The stress! No coping skills I guess.

 

[mama24]

I went through this last month. Wormed, seemed better for a few days, amybe a week and a half. Then bottlejaw again. Turned out they had sucking lice causing the anemia and bottlejaw! And here I just assumed they hadn't kicked the worms! So go through their hair and make sure you aren't missing something like that.