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SO MANY CULLS! 
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Try a "dog collar" that they use to stop dogs from licking/biting etc wounds and such. Make it tight where she cannot get it off...Big and wide so she can't reach around it????
They make an "anti-suck" weaning ring for calves and have ones for putting in a cows nose... a "nose flap" that has spikes that stick out so when a calf... or a sucking cow, tries to suck another cow... they get poked with the spikes ( not real sharp but would be uncomfortable for an animal to get poked with them) and kick at whatever is trying to suck them. You can't very well put it in a does' nose.... is there anything else made for stopping sucking????
They make an "anti-suck" weaning ring for calves and have ones for putting in a cows nose... a "nose flap" that has spikes that stick out so when a calf... or a sucking cow, tries to suck another cow... they get poked with the spikes ( not real sharp but would be uncomfortable for an animal to get poked with them) and kick at whatever is trying to suck them. You can't very well put it in a does' nose.... is there anything else made for stopping sucking????
Larsen Poultry Ranch
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What about a halter with a bit so she can't close her lips enough to get suction? Or would that impede drinking water too?
Mini Horses
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A muzzle? BUT goats are notorious at manipulation of devices. 
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I think a dog cone collar on backwards is an option I'll try to find today and also a sheep tube. I'm concerned she's long enough in the neck the e collar won't work and sheep tubes appear to try not to cover too terribly much down there but I'd rather try it than to flat out sell her.
I might also try a "goat bra" and see if I can break her. A teat cover is a teat cover.
I think the reason weaning rings are not common in goats is that goats may be able to figure them out (or there's just not enough money in them to make them come over here from overseas, might be more likely) and I'm not sure how to rig a halter to prevent suction yet still allow for eating and drinking.
I guess I'll try and figure this out.
No new babies yet, but two does without ligaments out there waiting impatiently for breakfast.
Side note, if you type in "goat bra" in Google...well, that's not something I ever wanted. Does not float my boat, sorry Google.
A goat bra from Amazon is coming. Cheap, may not work, but willing to try. Lamb tubes are for up to 100 pounds but they are spandex, so I may try them anyway. This is starting to sound kinky...Then a bondage-i mean Elizabethan dog collar- should be at TSC or I can drive into Springfield as soon as my two does aren't on the verge of popping.
...now, to go back to bed and chore late (I milked and bottle fed pretty late last night) or get it all done on schedule and be done?
The problem with goats is the main thing you can and should always count on with them is that they are horribly intelligently self destructive and food driven. This self nursing activity checks all those boxes.
I might also try a "goat bra" and see if I can break her. A teat cover is a teat cover.
I think the reason weaning rings are not common in goats is that goats may be able to figure them out (or there's just not enough money in them to make them come over here from overseas, might be more likely) and I'm not sure how to rig a halter to prevent suction yet still allow for eating and drinking.
I guess I'll try and figure this out.
No new babies yet, but two does without ligaments out there waiting impatiently for breakfast.
Side note, if you type in "goat bra" in Google...well, that's not something I ever wanted. Does not float my boat, sorry Google.
A goat bra from Amazon is coming. Cheap, may not work, but willing to try. Lamb tubes are for up to 100 pounds but they are spandex, so I may try them anyway. This is starting to sound kinky...Then a bondage-i mean Elizabethan dog collar- should be at TSC or I can drive into Springfield as soon as my two does aren't on the verge of popping.
...now, to go back to bed and chore late (I milked and bottle fed pretty late last night) or get it all done on schedule and be done?
The problem with goats is the main thing you can and should always count on with them is that they are horribly intelligently self destructive and food driven. This self nursing activity checks all those boxes.
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I was going to suggest the cone of shame but I see that has been done. Maybe a nice spiky tutu
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Goat bra? Spandex body suit?
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I feel like pants would also work, but that could get...complicated fast. Goats aren't built for them.
Unfortunately I came down with a stomach bug shortly after that post, making things more interesting.
Iris, the mini saanen, has progressed to the stage where she is laying down and waiting for hard contractions, which means my pepto had better keep working because I need to keep checking on her. The yearling lamancha looks like she's going to be the type of doe that walks around eating through the whole thing then *worst poop ever* then they walk away and leave baby on the ground. Like Hera did earlier at like 4 am this season. Aw well.
Speaking of Hera, her doeling developed a very swollen front foot joint. I started spraying it with iodine hoping to dry it out in case it was a skin or hoof infection gone wrong. Unfortunately it looks like she has a major joint infection. After I sprayed it today it burst, so I put on the gloves and cleaned it out and sprayed it with more iodine (rotten bone smell). She's got a large pocket and hole up into essentially her hand and wrist joint. Highly doubtful this is CL. As soon as I stop having fun with this illness she's going to need a vet to look at it and help us pick an antibiotic. I'm not sure what her prognosis will be. I'm surprised. This doeling is 6 weeks old. It took a while for the swelling to show up if joint ill.
Unfortunately we're down to three piglets also this morning. Mom keeps squishing them one by one. And one of the three is not growing and it's not from a lack of milk. It looks like two boars and one gilt left going by how many holes they have on the rear end.
Unfortunately I came down with a stomach bug shortly after that post, making things more interesting.
Iris, the mini saanen, has progressed to the stage where she is laying down and waiting for hard contractions, which means my pepto had better keep working because I need to keep checking on her. The yearling lamancha looks like she's going to be the type of doe that walks around eating through the whole thing then *worst poop ever* then they walk away and leave baby on the ground. Like Hera did earlier at like 4 am this season. Aw well.
Speaking of Hera, her doeling developed a very swollen front foot joint. I started spraying it with iodine hoping to dry it out in case it was a skin or hoof infection gone wrong. Unfortunately it looks like she has a major joint infection. After I sprayed it today it burst, so I put on the gloves and cleaned it out and sprayed it with more iodine (rotten bone smell). She's got a large pocket and hole up into essentially her hand and wrist joint. Highly doubtful this is CL. As soon as I stop having fun with this illness she's going to need a vet to look at it and help us pick an antibiotic. I'm not sure what her prognosis will be. I'm surprised. This doeling is 6 weeks old. It took a while for the swelling to show up if joint ill.
Unfortunately we're down to three piglets also this morning. Mom keeps squishing them one by one. And one of the three is not growing and it's not from a lack of milk. It looks like two boars and one gilt left going by how many holes they have on the rear end.
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Single giant buck with his elbows out for the lamancha FF Woodland Haven Elsa(another Atlas daughter). I really thought that one would be a vet call. After all the trauma she violently rejected him, but I don't blame her and that makes pulling for bottle feeding really easy.
The mini saanen appears to have decided not to go right now, which is nice, because there was a lot of unnecessary vomiting during that hard pull and on the way back to the house.
The mini saanen appears to have decided not to go right now, which is nice, because there was a lot of unnecessary vomiting during that hard pull and on the way back to the house.
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Get some apple cider vinegar and mix half and half with honey. Put about 1/8 cup in a small glass, add cold water. Sip on it. It will kill the “bad” bacteria that is making you run at both ends and leave the good bacteria alone. ACV is nature’s disinfectant. Your problem should be much better in about 30 minutes to an hour. ACV will even take out food poisoning.
