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Title: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
Post by: crazygoatlady on March 12, 2019, 06:41:06 pm

 :-[ Hi all. I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes and one of them looks a bit sorry for himself. Is that a problem???

Title: Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
Post by: DavidandCollette on March 13, 2019, 10:18:18 am

I know that they can cause liver failure in dogs, I would ring the vet immediately

Title: Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 13, 2019, 10:30:51 am

I would suspect bloat.  Is the rumen working, or is the belly distended and hard?

Title: Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
Post by: landroverroy on March 13, 2019, 11:05:52 am

Quote from: crazygoatlady on March 12, 2019, 06:41:06 pm

:-[ Hi all. I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes and one of them looks a bit sorry for himself. Is that a problem???

Multiple goats, fermenting grapes? Surely you can't have given many to each goat, in which case I wouldn't be worried. (It is the grapes themselves  that are poisonous to dogs, ruminants are not normally affected.)
Or do you have some sort of wine making set up and have given your goats an unusually large amount of fermenting grapes?