[SallyintNorth]

You don't need to be a member to use the form. I did it yesterday!

Hi Katie.  As a guest, you should have been able to read everything except any 'members-only' boards, but not post. 

[ballingall]

Balligall - What rate do you use it at - ml per kg body weight?
I've a fairly stocky pygmy goatling probably about 20kg, who still hasn't responded after 2 goes with spot on, even though last time I gave her 3.5 ml. The cows only get about 10-15ml! I don't want to poison her but I'm desperate to get her sorted out as her nose and chin are realy scabbed and cracked and she sometimes has scabs round her eyes too. I can't clean the worst scabs off because it's hurting her and making the skin bleed, even though I soften and soak th scabs first.

Hi, we have just had to dose our goats with an injection of Ivermectin as one kid had scabs like you mention. We had the vet out who had to give two seperate courses of antibiotics. They have finally come to the conclusion that it must be chorioptic mange- for which the treatment is the Ivermectin- 2 injections a week apart. It is caused by mites, but only some goats will have a bad a reaction to it- it tends to run in families, and certainly the kid we had with it is descended from a goat that once it on her legs (generations ago!). Only affected one goat but we had to dose them all.

Spot on- I do normally give them about 8-10mls, but then ours are dairy goats so they are bigger. I probably wouldn't give a pygmy more than 5mls.

Beth