Bruce
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You have dairy goats and NO milk??
I don't know if I should
or 
bad timing on the wormer I guess.
I don't know if I should
or bad timing on the wormer I guess.
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Between birthing and feeding kids the does are really getting dragged down. The kids are looking splendid as are the boys... The does are looking like really skinny dairy goats. They needed wormed and I couldn't put it off. There's milk, I just am not supposed to drink it. 
Just came in from feeding them and milked more than a quart & 1/2 onto the ground from Dot. Using Ivermectin 1% injectable orally (X3 10 days apart), so 9 day withdrawal. They had their final treatment yesterday so will be able to drink it again ~ the 19th.
Just came in from feeding them and milked more than a quart & 1/2 onto the ground from Dot. Using Ivermectin 1% injectable orally (X3 10 days apart), so 9 day withdrawal. They had their final treatment yesterday so will be able to drink it again ~ the 19th.
Bruce
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What's the worst that can happen? Maybe you shed a few worms, that can't be bad, right?
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Hmmmmmmm.... 
greybeard
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Ivermectin is used orally for lots of human problems, but in very small doses.
https://www.drugs.com/dosage/ivermectin.html
https://www.drugs.com/dosage/ivermectin.html
Bruce
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Yeah, see? What could go wrong??
I wonder what the Ivermectin concentration is in the milk day 1-10. I also wonder if it has been tested and how cautious they are with "just in case" buffers. For instance I've read that some products used to worm chickens have an egg withholding period in the US but not in some other countries.
And some medicines are "good" for a specific time period but the reason isn't because they have been found to be NOT good after that time but the testing done to get FDA approval stopped after that time period so they really have no idea how much longer it would be good.
I wonder what the Ivermectin concentration is in the milk day 1-10. I also wonder if it has been tested and how cautious they are with "just in case" buffers. For instance I've read that some products used to worm chickens have an egg withholding period in the US but not in some other countries.
And some medicines are "good" for a specific time period but the reason isn't because they have been found to be NOT good after that time but the testing done to get FDA approval stopped after that time period so they really have no idea how much longer it would be good.
RollingAcres
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Hope you are now better from the summer cold.Sore throat, swollen glands, post nasal drip, congestion... Just great
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So still trying to kick the cold. Moved into my chest and can't lay down to sleep cause of drainage making me cough. Throat still sore as well. Need to get rid of it here pretty quick as I have kids and grands coming in a bit more than a week.
I gave all the adult goats a cobalt bolus a couple of nights ago. Barely fit in the balling gun. Twice the size of the copper boluses. I have one goat that goes for peanut butter as if it were goat crack... Maybe something in it that she's missing in her diet...
All the others are pretty noncommittal about it.
Mel is now a full time LGD. He's out with the goats full time now. I bring him up to the house during the day on either Saturday or Sunday so he can spend the day snoozing in the AC. Not putting anymore stuff on his neck. everything has dried up and is healing and the hair is growing back. Elf is my back yard dog. He comes in when Mel does but other than that, pretty much just wants to be outside. Even when Mel is in, Elf wants out. He still charges the fence line and growls/barks at the goats.
They aren't scared of him and Bang actually tries to butt him through the fence. I yell at him every time he does it that I'm out there and catch him. 
I'm tempted to go buy a CO2 BB pistol and carry it so I can pop him in the a$$ during the act.
So 3:30am, gonna go try to get some shut eye.
I gave all the adult goats a cobalt bolus a couple of nights ago. Barely fit in the balling gun. Twice the size of the copper boluses. I have one goat that goes for peanut butter as if it were goat crack... Maybe something in it that she's missing in her diet...
All the others are pretty noncommittal about it.Mel is now a full time LGD. He's out with the goats full time now. I bring him up to the house during the day on either Saturday or Sunday so he can spend the day snoozing in the AC. Not putting anymore stuff on his neck. everything has dried up and is healing and the hair is growing back. Elf is my back yard dog. He comes in when Mel does but other than that, pretty much just wants to be outside. Even when Mel is in, Elf wants out. He still charges the fence line and growls/barks at the goats.
They aren't scared of him and Bang actually tries to butt him through the fence. I yell at him every time he does it that I'm out there and catch him. I'm tempted to go buy a CO2 BB pistol and carry it so I can pop him in the a$$ during the act. So 3:30am, gonna go try to get some shut eye.
RollingAcres
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Hope you got some sleep and the cold goes away soon. I hate coughing especially when you're trying to lay down and rest.
mystang89
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Sorry you got that congestion,I just got over that myself.
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