Udder problems...

[Southern by choice]

For the staph-Follow up after the chlorhexidine with iodine scrub can work wonders!

 

[Goatgirl47]

Yesterday I milked a couple squirts out of both of Semi Sweet's teats. It had the normal yellowish colostrum look, no clumps and no bad smell.
Today is day 150 from when she was first put in with the buck (although the breeder didn't think she went into heat until 6 days after). Her udder still looks the same.

I'm going to try to treat the staph myself - I researched a little and it seems to fit the bill for what is going on with the two FFs at least. Does anyone know if penicillin would help fight the staph?

 

[Southern by choice]

Personally I would not use the Pen, just do the wash 2x daily. I'm not a vet so if your vet prescribes that then you should do what your vet recommends.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Okay. I will just do the wash then.
Is it contagious, should I separate them? (I think so - since at least two of my goats have it - but I'm not sure)

 

[babsbag]

It is contagious, but it also in the soil so hard to prevent. I would separate if you have a way to do so. I have never treated with antibiotics, the wash has always cleared it up for my girls.

 

[Southern by choice]

For the goat due you must set up a pen or stall, thoroughly clean out everything and replace with clean fresh bedding. Because you don't know where the staph came from you want to make sure she doesn't get exposed during delivery and have kids nursing on udder. If staph gets into the teats that is major and is the biggest culprit for bluebag mastitis.

 

[rosti]

Staph is extremely hard to eradicate, but giving the does vitamin c and garlic and treating sores with either FightBac or tea tree oil has worked the best for me, though in the end it was the dry summer weather that cleared it up.

 

[rosti]

I have not had luck with antibiotics on staph, so only use them if it turns into mastitis or the sores cover the whole udder and are big and painful. It still doesn't treat it, but it gets it under control at least, and then I can take over with the above measures.

 

[Silky ma]

Hey guys,
No i do not have goats yet but have had alot if experience with chronic staph skin infections in my German Shepherd!
My vet snd i had to keep doing multiple antibiotics to keep his in check- until i found cannabis!! I now gave my pups on
CBD oil derived from actual cannanis nothemp- that crap is toxic!
He use to get them monthly! But now has only had 1 breakout in the last yeAr!
CBD oil has just a tad of thc which is one of only 2 parts of the cannabis plant that causes the high. I no longer use antibiotics - last resort.

 

[Silky ma]

I got into cannanis because my keeshond female was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer a month after a tooth extraction.
I have always been holistic and now have joined a group that deals with cannabis for a whole plethora of issues such as cancer seizures infections etc. if you want to start to learn please ho to leafly.com . Its alot to go thru but i am learning so much.
This cannabis wheel shows you medical uses for cannabis. There are over 400 chemicals in cannabis that are being used to treat so many conditions- just 2 chemical components - thca and thc cause the high!