The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Redjellybean301 on March 21, 2016, 09:52:56 pm
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Hi there!
One of my pygmy goats has suspected chorioptic mange. He has been on ivermectin sc every 7 days for almost a month with only a slight improvement.
Our vet suggested getting a sulphur based dip treatment. However, all I can find online is people discussing treating sheep/horses etc with a sulpur dip, and nothing selling it, or a brand name, or how much to apply.
Can anyone point me to a specific product, or to instructions of where to buy sulphur and what to do with it?
Thank you.
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Eprinex (cattle) pour-on.
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http://www.shireoil.com/Home (http://www.shireoil.com/Home) These people sell sulphur to mix or own or ready mixed.
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http://www.shireoil.com/Home (http://www.shireoil.com/Home) These people sell sulphur to mix or own or ready mixed.
IE pig oil and sulphur. Brilliant stuff. For a pygmy goat you might as well mix your own as 5 litres will take a while to get through (if ever!) The pig oil is another name for liquid paraffin which you can get from a chemist, along with the sulphur - sold as flowers of sulphur.
You can also buy larger quantities from agricultural suppliers.
I buy the liquid paraffin (pig oil) and sulphur separately and mix my own, in a ratio of something like a desertspoonful of sulphur to a pint of oil. (It's not that critical.) It has many uses and I've found it effective also for red mite in poultry (treat the perches) and sweet itch in equines.
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Robinsons Equestrian do pig oil, pig oil spray and pig oil and sulphur in smaller quantities.
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I used flower of sulphur (ebay) and udder cream mixed together to make a paste. Plastered it on and wrapped the leg in a tail bandage. :thumbsup: