My goat has scabs on his body. WHAT DO I DO!!!

Owen

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So my two seven month weathers have scabs on their face back and neck that are about the size of the end of a pencil. They don’t seem to itch at all and are acting normal. Any idea what it is?
 

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Sounds like either mites or lice... Providing a picture is a huge help in trying to help determine what you're dealing with. Greetings and welcome to BYH. There's quite a bit of info on either pest in the various animal threads. you can do a search by term and hopefully pull up posts with pictures, descriptions, recommendations, etc. Browse around and make yourself at home.
 

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Can you get a not close up of the goats face? Possibly mites, it's really hard to tell.
 

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Thanks for the help everyone! But we have now figured out that it was wood ticks burowing into the skin.
 
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