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crazygoatlady

  • Joined Apr 2018
 :-[ Hi all. I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes and one of them looks a bit sorry for himself. Is that a problem???

DavidandCollette

  • Joined Dec 2012
Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2019, 10:18:18 am »
I know that they can cause liver failure in dogs, I would ring the vet immediately

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2019, 10:30:51 am »
I would suspect bloat.  Is the rumen working, or is the belly distended and hard?
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landroverroy

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: I think I gave my goats fermenting grapes. Is that bad for them???
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2019, 11:05:52 am »
:-[ 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?
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