Carla D
True BYH Addict
I have had several health related questions that I’m trying to find answers for. Can you possibly help me with one or more of these?
Does anyone do their own fecal sample testing?
1. Do you have any trouble getting medication or treatment orders from your vet if you do find something under the microscope that needs to be treated?
2. What type of microscope do you use? Would a cheap microscope under $50 be of any use?
3. Is there a way to learn how to process your own samples?
4. Is this something worth learning and doing yourself?
5. Would one of the microscopes pictured her be enough to do this kind of testing, or do I need something more complex?
Skin conditions.
I know the pictures aren’t the best. They don’t wish to sit still for a picture or two.
5. Are warts or moles common in goats? Should I be concerned about them?
6. There are four pictures showing a wound or lesion on one goat. There is a similar spot on a couple of others. I’m thinking this was caused by a little fun-loving rough housing between themselves. Is it possible it could be something other than what I’m suspectng it could also perhaps be a wart or mole that has been rubbed and scratched at to the point of looking like this. We are doing our best to come up with the money so we can get them all dehorned ASAP. We don’t need more injuries or to be risking the safety of ourselves or the baby goats.
7. The first three shows some dry stuff on another goats coat. I’m thinking it could be something as simple as dry skin. But I wonder if it could be a nutritional deficiency or worse yet- lice. Do you have any ideas?
Both of these were present before we had overnight visitors, so it can’t be a direct result of them. I’d like to fix or correct these issues before I need to take them to a vet.
8. I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to have a scale on the farm. Not only to monitor growth of the goats, or their weight for appropriate medicine dosing. But it would be really helpful for our pigs as well. Would this low end scale be a decent option or would it be a waste of money in the long run? We don’t have a very big farm, don’t see any reason why we might use it daily either.
Does anyone do their own fecal sample testing?
1. Do you have any trouble getting medication or treatment orders from your vet if you do find something under the microscope that needs to be treated?
2. What type of microscope do you use? Would a cheap microscope under $50 be of any use?
3. Is there a way to learn how to process your own samples?
4. Is this something worth learning and doing yourself?
5. Would one of the microscopes pictured her be enough to do this kind of testing, or do I need something more complex?
Skin conditions.
I know the pictures aren’t the best. They don’t wish to sit still for a picture or two.
5. Are warts or moles common in goats? Should I be concerned about them?
6. There are four pictures showing a wound or lesion on one goat. There is a similar spot on a couple of others. I’m thinking this was caused by a little fun-loving rough housing between themselves. Is it possible it could be something other than what I’m suspectng it could also perhaps be a wart or mole that has been rubbed and scratched at to the point of looking like this. We are doing our best to come up with the money so we can get them all dehorned ASAP. We don’t need more injuries or to be risking the safety of ourselves or the baby goats.
7. The first three shows some dry stuff on another goats coat. I’m thinking it could be something as simple as dry skin. But I wonder if it could be a nutritional deficiency or worse yet- lice. Do you have any ideas?
Both of these were present before we had overnight visitors, so it can’t be a direct result of them. I’d like to fix or correct these issues before I need to take them to a vet.
8. I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to have a scale on the farm. Not only to monitor growth of the goats, or their weight for appropriate medicine dosing. But it would be really helpful for our pigs as well. Would this low end scale be a decent option or would it be a waste of money in the long run? We don’t have a very big farm, don’t see any reason why we might use it daily either.
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