Author Topic: Goat houee really dirty (Read 2069 times)

Connor · « **on:** November 05, 2013, 07:47:16 am »

Came down to goat this morning to llt her out and she was covered in poo and her house was in a bad state atm she is in heat I think any clues to wats wrong??

Anke · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2013, 08:50:55 am »

Unlikely to be the season causing that kind of mess - is she in pain, straining and generally unwell? Off her food? If yes - could be enteroxeamia. Needs treating fast - very fast.
Is she on a vaccination regime? Goats need boostering with clostridial vaccines every 6 months, and it is better to use Lambivac rather than Heptavac.

If she is otherwise fine - what is her worm status? When and with what was she last wormed? Is she sharing a field with sheep? Any new sheepy arrivals recently?

So could be many things but unlikely to be because she is in season. I have never seen that.

sokel · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2013, 10:52:35 am »

Agree with Anke , Have you given her any different hard feed last night or could she have ate something

Connor · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2013, 04:36:47 pm »

i am getting her wormed on saturday and i stopped giving her sheep meal

tizaala · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2013, 07:00:15 pm »

What Anke said ...+ gradually get her off the sheep meal and onto calf rearer pellets. but in the meantime just hay add lib. good hay , not manky old stuff , " goats don't eat just anything"

plumseverywhere · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2013, 07:41:30 am »

Stop the feed and just give hay

Make sure you keep her fluid intake up, even if you have to give warm water or some of the calf rehydration stuff they sell in countrywide.

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2013, 09:52:38 am »

I keep a bottle of Kaolin & Morphine handy (available behind the counter in any high street pharmacy), just 2-5ml (depending on goats weight/size) in a syringe straight in the mouth usually does the trick then hay and water until it clears up