Post lungworm lack of weight poor coat

BarefootGoat

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I have a doe who was very skinny and was losing hair where she rubs against the manger more than the others (nose, head, neck) and she tested positive for lungworm, so we treated all of them for two weeks. Well, the other four couldn't be healthier, but this one, Ruby, is still VERY skinny and has a very poor coat. She acts absolutely fine, she plays and jumps up on the gate at feeding time, and she eats and drinks just like the others, but her coat and weight are awful. She has been wearing a jacket so that may be prohibiting her coat from developing. What should I do? She is also pregnant, bred on the 16th of December. Thanks
 

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I have a real skinny one too. I have been pouring the feed to her. I think it can quite awhile to see improvement.
But since you have addressed the parasite issue it will just take some time.
With my skinny girl I found it was mainly due to the others hogging the feed. So now I feed them their grain while they are in their stalls. Then I let them out. Its a pain, but I am seeing her beef up.
 

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I've notices that she has a little more fat on her loin, and I can still feel her spine well, but not the individual vertebrae. I can still really see her hips. She's the matriarch, I have two of her kids and one other kid (9 month olds) and one more 3yr old doe, but I feel like she's the top, (she doesn't abuse her power) so I don't have to worry about her not having enough feed
 

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What breed?

I took some rescue goats in and really pumped alfalfa (not pellets, the real stuff) and 1/2 c. calf manna 2x a day to them. They improved pretty quickly, you could tell a big difference in 2 weeks and they improved a lot by 1 month.
 

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She's a purebred Nubian. Should I give her a lot of alfalfa? Would that help her gain weight?
 

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In the past, I have used, like the others suggested, alfalfa. I used alfalfa pellets and mixed in dried beet pulp, and sweet feed and and a powdered corn. To bind all that together, I used some Nutridrench or molasses based liquid goat vitamin. I fed this for about 2 weeks and the results were amazing. This shouldn't be fed long term because corn and all that sugar is not good for goats. I wouldn't feed this to bucks or wethers as the corn and alfalfa can cause urinary calculi which can be fatal for male goats either intact or wethered.
 
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