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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: mariegold on April 28, 2019, 07:59:25 pm

Title: dry, flaky skin
Post by: mariegold on April 28, 2019, 07:59:25 pm

Hello all,
Please can anyone offer some advice about what to do for a goat with dry and flaky skin? I've treated her for lice/ticks etc and she doesn't appear to have any parasites so I'm wondering if it might be her diet. She isn't currently producing any milk so I give her micronised barley, a full rack of good quality hay and access to plenty of grass and browse. She also has a red rockies lick and caprivite and a Himalayan salt lick..... what more can a girl want??

Title: Re: dry, flaky skin
Post by: landroverroy on April 28, 2019, 09:29:08 pm

What did you use to treat for lice and ticks? Some pour ons, such as Ivomec type can cause quite considerable dandruff.

Title: Re: dry, flaky skin
Post by: mariegold on April 29, 2019, 09:36:37 am

I used spotinor.... the skin issues were there before I treated her though.
Maybe I should give her a good wash or rub some oil on her skin?

Title: Re: dry, flaky skin
Post by: Anke on April 29, 2019, 03:26:49 pm

Yes to the wash and oil, you may want to think about zinc deficiency? Although if you feed Caprivite it shouldn't be an issue.
I have a male with very scabby skin (and was treated for mites with Panomec, 3 injections 1 week apart each). I have also just given him a mineral drench, and bought him a Zinc rich Rockie - just need to work out how to fasten it in his pen somehow...

Title: Re: dry, flaky skin
Post by: Buttermilk on April 29, 2019, 04:51:08 pm

I have had males with very scabby skin and nothing either I or the vet tried made any difference so we ended up living with it.  About 10 males over 20 years.