pot belly and white eyelids

[ladyfarmer10]

I have aquired(long story short) 2 eight month old 3/4 nubian 1/4 alpine does. appx. 50-60 lbs and 18 & 20 inches at the withers tall, and one has a pot belly,not the other one,they both are pretty poor and the eyelide is not pink,but white.They eat,drink,poop,urinate fine.
The closet vet will do a fecal for $65.00 each,but will not recomend a treatment because he does not treat goats or sheep.
Any advice would be great.I have no pic's to post,camera on the blink.
Thanks

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Wowee that is pricey, especially since he won't treat. I'd be doing some more looking for another vet.

Could you give a little more detail on the potbelly?

The white eyelids I know means worms and possibly anemia but it isn't something I have yet to encounter here so I defer to the pros

 

[Goatmasta]

visit my blog for dosages. If they were here I would simply deworm them. I would use ivermec and valbazen together. This will cover pretty much everything. and I would do three treatments 10 days apart.

 

[ladyfarmer10]

Thank You for the information,I will try this. The one with the potbelly looks like a poor pygmy that is preggers. Both have very soft silky hair.
Thanks again for the information.

 

[elevan]

I agree with goatmasta...I would go ahead and treat...especially the one with white eyelids.

I would also drench with Red Cell to help combat the anemia (either that or give iron shots). Give Red Cell at 6ml per 20-30# every 8 hrs for first 24 hours and then once a week until they are back to normal.

You want to give some probios too to help balance the good flora in the rumen.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Good advice so far, worming would be my first plan, I have been very happy with red-cell for nutritional support of minerals and vitamins.

I would also slowly get them on a much better nutritional plan, loose minerals and daily protein. the pot-belly can be a sign of poor diet as well as worm load. They sound under-weight to me. All though I am not as familiar with the normal weight of an alpine at 8 months of age, but I beleive they should be atleast 20lbs bigger.

I would feed them around 3% of their body weight a day in a good pelleted goat grain. So 1 1/2 lbs a day of grain each, that would be around 4 1/2 measuring cups of grain daily, I would divide that into two feedings. Plus access to free-choice loose goat minerals, daily pasture/browse and/or all the good hay they can eat. Some alfalfa hay would really help with the calories and protein, especially if you don't have a lot of good pasture for them.

Good luck with them.

 

[Georgiamainers]

I would find a local dairy farmer and see who he uses for a farm vet. A local vet who I've never used for my animals will run a fecal for $14 and a recommendation over the phone.