My Ali is now getting help! updated pictures

[MaggieSims]

vets been crazy busy with cattle, i have to take her in, and my truck is BROKEN, turd of a ford.

 

[MaggieSims]

block, yuuuus. for a while. am i naughty? is this a no no?

 

[MaggieSims]

yes, changing to loose minerals. how do you know they get enough??

 

[NH homesteader]

They (usually) monitor themselves fairly well. There have been discussions about minerals on here for the past couple days that have more information. But the basics would be that they may pig out on them at first because they're really needing the minerals, then should slow down to a "maintenance" amount.

 

[Latestarter]

Like anything else, start them slow... build them up to free choice.

 

[MaggieSims]

OKie dokie, its been awhile since i have updated!!

Ali has improved some, its slow, but I feel confident she will continue to gain, but i bet she will always be sensitive.

I had a fecal again done on tues, all the strongyles was gone, but still a bit of cocci, so vet recommended another round for that. But vet was happy for the wormload improvement. Her teeth have worn down a bit on her molars and she is not holding as much hay in her mouth as she had. I have started her on goat chow for easy to eat nutrition if she feels like not eating hay, but she seems to eat fine. I have moved her to a much larger, fresh pasture with 2 mini nubian does. she is loving life, happy, looking much better. Her coat is growing underfluff so the copper must have settled right and working.

Thanks to all who have helped me understand worming better and overall input on this thread!

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[MaggieSims]

yes yes, i'll try to find a before pic and i'll take a new one to show the difference. i'll prob post those tomorrow

 

[TAH]

Way to go...

 

[MaggieSims]

its been a while, so i thought i'd come back to add more pictures.

This was taken this spring, her kids were so little then, they are big boys now!! She has all her hair, but you can see her condition was already leaving, I was milking at this time.

Fast forward a few months to today (errr yesterday i took these)