Just got some skinny goats

[JenniferDuBay]

So, she spent all night crying. I took a sleeping bag out there and slept along her fence last night, and she finally fell asleep next to me. She seems fine during the day, hasn't really made a sound, but at night she's crying. @babsbag She seems to be about a 3 on that chart

 

[babsbag]

Poor baby and you are so sweet to do that. You can get her some baby diapers and bring her in the house

If she is a # 3 then the worming shouldn't be dangerous for her. I would get an actual fecal test done soon though so you can see if the worming is working. She could be skinny from the worms, cocci if she has it, or just lack of feed. It's hard when you don't know the history.

I would start looking for a friend for her and make sure it is friendly and healthy.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

Poor baby and you are so sweet to do that. You can get her some baby diapers and bring her in the house

If she is a # 3 then the worming shouldn't be dangerous for her. I would get an actual fecal test done soon though so you can see if the worming is working. She could be skinny from the worms, cocci if she has it, or just lack of feed. It's hard when you don't know the history.

I would start looking for a friend for her and make sure it is friendly and healthy.

I think the cats and my other half would kill me if I did that I'm bringing a fecal sample to my vet tomorrow, when I go to see his nigerians.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

I think the cats and my other half would kill me if I did that I'm bringing a fecal sample to my vet tomorrow, when I go to see his nigerians.

I know someone in Lithia who has two mature wethers (castrated males) available. She breeds high quality Nigerian dwarfs, but these are more "pets" but she's willing to let them go to a good home. A buddy is certainly a good idea.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

I know someone in Lithia who has two mature wethers (castrated males) available. She breeds high quality Nigerian dwarfs, but these are more "pets" but she's willing to let them go to a good home. A buddy is certainly a good idea.

My vet offered for me to come out and look at his nigerians. He rescued a bunch and he's letting them go to good homes.

 

[babsbag]

Well be sure and get us lots of pictures, we live for pictures. And let us know what the fecal shows too.

 

[JenniferDuBay]

So I got a call last night from my vet, he had mentioned my situation to another goater, and she said she had a goat for me, apparently it was being picked on, and she had it separated. So I drove an hour to go get her. Clearly she's not been handled much, but her mother is being milked, and milks well. She's a Kinder goat. The deal is, I get her. If I don't breed her, that's the end of it. If I do, I'm supposed to give them her first kid, whatever that may be. Seemed like a decent deal for a free goat. My vet said to come out to look at his goats anyway, though, as if I get 3, then I'm not in such a time crunch to get another goat if I lose another.

Anyway, here's our new goat, Lilly Of The Valley.

She's WAY more... goaty than petunia or her sister ever were. She's jumping on things, running, screaming... she jumped through an air window I had put into the side of the shed so that the goats could see who is coming in the gate, I didn't even think that a goat could fit through there. She stands on her hind legs like a ballerina! Petunia still has never done that, lol. Perhaps she will teach Tuny to goat.

So introductions went okay, not spectacular. They stomped at each other, but all three of us spent hours last night in a mexican stand off, at the edge of the barn. I think she liked it up there because it's more than a foot off the ground and she seems more tall. Anyway, I was standing in the corner of the pen, and Tuny was on the other corner of the barn on the ground. Whenever she seemed to relax, I would inch forward, and hold out my hand. If she backed up, so did I. If she stood her ground, I held my hand out until she sniffed it, then I backed off. By the end of the night she was just straight up nosing me, so progress. I'll spend most of today sitting in her pen being non-threatening.

When I went out there this morning, they were sleeping in the shed together, and when I fed them this morning, rather than go to different bowls, they ate out of the same bowl twice. So, it seems for now negotiations went well.

Here's what I know about her health. Her mom is their favorite milker, and she was dam raised for the first 4 months, she's 5 months now. She's being fed Purina goat chow once a day with minerals mixed in, but was mostly field fed. She was wormed with Cydectin oral sheep drench on the 4th of July, but doesn't have vaccines and wasn't tested for CAE.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

We NEED pictures!!!!! I'm glad Petunia has a friend

You can give her CDT from tractor supply. It's about $6 for 10 doses. You give her 2 ml sub q first dose and 3-4 weeks later you give the same dose again.
If you are worried about vaccinating, it's really easy. There are lots of videos on the web showing how.

She is a little young to test for CAE. I would wait at least a month or two. When you do test, you might want to use this lab:
http://www.centralfloridalargeanimal.com/cae.html

 

[chiques chicks]

Glad you got her a friend!
Sounds like things are going well so far. It takes time for them to bond, and time for they're true personalities to show after a move to a new here.

Keep a close check for parasite bloom once again, stress of moving plus new surroundings, soil, etc can cause them.

 

[TAH]

Looks like they are doing good with each other. .

You want to get her tested for CAE in the next few months. Do you know if her parents were tested?