The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on May 22, 2014, 09:22:58 pm
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Both of my goats have had lice which was treated with Coopers spot on about 4 weeks ago, they are now both scratching like mad and are practically bald on their backs, have scared myself silly Googling it as it came up with Scrapie. :tired:
The mum with the kid(that it now hates as it's been disbudded) is the worst,she also has an uneven udder and only one side seems to be working, the other side isn't hot or hard just doesn't seem to have any milk in it.
I suppose that I have really answered my own question here will call the vet out tomorrow as it's bound to get worse over the weekend when I would have to pay more!
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phone them and describe first (this should be free!)
there may be treatments you can collect for them without paying a huge call out fee... at least for thher litt'un disbudded?e lice.
How long ago was the litt'un disbudded?
Is she really rejecting it, or just not keen on the smell of vets?!
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Little Mac was disbudded yesterday and she just pushes him away and won't let him feed, she now knows that when I go in that I am going to pin her down to let him feed so doesn't want to be caught. When he latches on she seems fine to start with but after a very short time she starts to really struggle to get away and throws herself on the ground!
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Coopers Spot-on needs to be repeated after three weeks, as it won't kill any eggs that are on the animals, just larvae/full grown lice.
May be a lot cheaper to load the goats into the back of the car (pygmies?) and take them, BUT it sounds as if mum has a spot of mastitis if she is sore on the side the wee one tries to suckle from. But goats really don't like to be told what to do and how to feed their kids... sheep you can "bully" into accepting their lambs, I would have thought it a lot more difficult with goats.
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Went out and fed little Mac at 5 this morning but he didn't take much, mum still has rather a bloody discharge so given all my other worries I decided to go ahead and get the vet out. Both adults have been given a clean bill of health and guess what....Mac had a full tummy. Spot on seems to be working now as no more itching.
Hugely relieved. Don't even care about the vet bill. :sunshine: :relief:
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That's great news :thumbsup:
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That's great news :thumbsup:
Yep he's feeding normally now and her udder now looks even :thumbsup:
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Brilliant. :thumbsup: