wether being treated for urinary issues...just looking for experience from others

[SillyChicken]

We are working with our vet and treating a wether for urinary calculi already, but he has developed a secondary issue with what appears to be a bad yeast infection (I'm waiting for my vet to call me back). I cleaned all the crust off and made the call to shave his hair away from the area. I'm hoping this will help dry him out a bit.

We keep their bedding area clean, he's only eating grass hay and minerals and getting ammonium chloride treatments.

Has anyone else had issues with yeast? How was it treated?

 

[BrownSheep]

I've actually treated a minor case of yest with yogurt, but it didn't look quite that extreme.

 

[goatsrulemymorning]

We've had great success using Biomycin200, it's the non-sting version of oxytetracycline, can usually get it at Jeffers or Hoeggers..sometimes a farmers co-op, (just a note)..."I'm not a vet, but personally, never use the stuff sold at places like Tractor Supply under the name of LA200, or Liquimyacin200"...we used it on a doeling who got aspirariton pneumonia..it stings horribly, and put her in shock and she died horribly....a local vet set us up with Biomycin200...not one problem since then...Use 1 cc/ml per 20 lbs. body weight, kids get 1cc/ml, SQ daily just behind front legs near ribs, in the folds, for a minimum of five consecutive days.
It cleared up our billy quickly on his scald and subsequent uti....
Also, it works great as eye drops for pink eye in does and kids, at least for us it has.
Some vets will tell you oxytetracyclines aren't good for bone development or teeth in goats, maybe, but, I'd rather have them alive, and brown toothed than sick or dead...and dur-pen doesn't cut it anymore.
And wouldn't recommend it or any oxytetras in pregnant does....most anything like them can cause aborts in the early stages.
Do your own research on it...it works for me, not for others.

 

[SillyChicken]

well, vet says pizzle rot... a good dose of antibiotic cream is the recommended treatment... and so far after one application, it has dried up, swelling is down and and looks much better. We'll continue treating until he's healed up.

 

[elevan]

well, vet says pizzle rot... a good dose of antibiotic cream is the recommended treatment... and so far after one application, it has dried up, swelling is down and and looks much better. We'll continue treating until he's healed up.

We've dealt with this and used human "baby butt cream" for diaper rash, worked like a charm.