When is it possible to worm newborn goat?(pics added)

[PattySh]

Ok I might have done something stupid but while going to pick out 2 little bucklings o raise for replacement herd sires I caved brought home a teensy little fellow that would not have had
much of a chance in the pen of kids. The farmer said the mother was new and ended up wormy. I saw her and she was a bit scruffy but not too bad. The buckling is 1/3 smaller, seems healthy and had a good suck tonight drank 7 oz. Should I deworm. him soon and with what? Kids have had just pasturized milk. Kid was born Jan 1. Lol grandkids were with me and granddaughter named runt Dave the storage war guy Yupppp! Big name for a pet soon to be wether.

 

[PattySh]

I meant to write not sure if he got a chance to nurse his mother before being fed pasturized milk.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Yupp! - I don't have the answer for you, but love the name.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Get a fecal test done before you worm him.

 

[PattySh]

If he nursed at birth what length of time would it take for the worms to develop and show evidence in their stool. He's a scrappy little fellow and drinking well so doesn't appear as fragile as the farmer led us to believe. She was overwhelmed by the full size ones! I suspect she knew I wouldn't tell the grankids no when she said take that little one home free so he has a chance. I must have sucker written on my forehead lol cuz I went for 2 bucks and came back with another pet to boot.

 

[Renegade]

The baby is 4 days old. There's no reason to deworm him. Even if he somehow picked up worm eggs there is zero chance he has any adults. They haven't had time to develop yet. I would deworm him at 4 weeks.
If you have any Bovi-Sera I would give it to him to boost his immune system. Good luck with him.

Donna

 

[Pearce Pastures]

If he nursed at birth what length of time would it take for the worms to develop and show evidence in their stool. He's a scrappy little fellow and drinking well so doesn't appear as fragile as the farmer led us to believe. She was overwhelmed by the full size ones! I suspect she knew I wouldn't tell the grankids no when she said take that little one home free so he has a chance. I must have sucker written on my forehead lol cuz I went for 2 bucks and came back with another pet to boot.

It does take time, and can vary depending on if he is nursing or bottle fed, the environment he is living in (some places have more parasites than others), and his resilience. At a minimum, I would say 3-4 weeks for parasites to be taken into his system, go through various development stages, and then begin to produce eggs that you would see on a slide. How old is he? Four days---he does not need worming.

Congrats on the new guys---I am sure he is a cutie.

Just be sure to avoid worming without knowing what course of treatment is needed if any. It does no good to give a medication to a goat that doesn't need it-costs money, medicates the animal when they don't need it or is the wrong medications for the type of parasite, and most importantly, giving a dewormer when it is not warranted creates parasite resistance (which is a big issue now---for a long time, people wormed without testing and not it is getting harder to treat parasites with the limited number of medications available that even work).

Hope we get some pictures soon.

 

[PattySh]

Thanks for the advice. I won't deworm him prematurely. He has sucked down his 3rd bottle and other than small birth weight looks good. Tried to add a photo but taken with my new phone it says its the wrong format for this website
Guess I'll have to link to my computer to change format.

 

[Roll farms]

The baby is 4 days old. There's no reason to deworm him. Even if he somehow picked up worm eggs there is zero chance he has any adults. They haven't had time to develop yet. I would deworm him at 4 weeks.
If you have any Bovi-Sera I would give it to him to boost his immune system. Good luck with him.

Donna

x 2

 

[PattySh]

OK no urgent need to deworm. Wondered when the earliest possible time for deworming was. He's doing great so no interventions at the moment. He's just tiny. photos in the first post. You can see the size difference, the other 2 bucklings are a day older and "parents" all similar size.