AboutGoatlady Expertise Specializing in New Goat Owner understanding of goat physiology, goat anatomy, goat care and herd management. *I am not a veterinarian, any advice and information should be verified by your veterinarian before administering to your goats.
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Experience 18 years experience of raising goats and herd management. Active hands on experience with goat herd and research with various Caprine University Research and Extension Centers nationwide. 15 years dedicated to helping other goat breeders/owners with goat anatomy, goat disease and goat health care issues via phone, published goat care articles and internet interaction. The information I have to offer is not only from personal experience and years of research updated often as new information is made available to me, but supported by many Veterinary Research colleges and all medications and information I have to offer on how the medications work and what dosages "I" use, is information I have acquired by discussing directly with the company's veterinarians and staff research experts.
Organizations 5 year active member of International Veterinary Information Service
Publications United Caprine News, Homesteaders Magazine, Columnist for Goat Magazine, Owner and Author of GoatPedia™
Education/Credentials Graduate Programs in Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Question my baby goat has been having diaria. When we got him they didn give us him mom. so we fed him normal milk from a store wih a bit of water added into it. A bit after we got him he started having diaria. it is on and odd. We are not sure how old he is... but pretty young. he drinks milk but other than that he eats grass, alphalpha hay and goat grain once in a while. we live in Canada. Coquitla. We feed him 3 times a day, 1 and a half every time. Other than that he plays.. he is happy and all. oh yes...he might sometimes fall asleep while standing. Is that normal?
thank you.
Answer HI Mansoor,
Not knowing the baby's age makes this a bit more difficult - but assuming it is at least a month old, has he been dewormed? Treated for coccidiosis? If you have a vet who can do a fecal exam this is the best thing to see if the baby has internal parasites which cause scouring (sloppy poops) You mention feeding him 3 times a day one and a half- one and a half what? I have limited symptoms here but I will send you a few articles to read and you can let me know if any of these sounds to you like what you are dealing with and seeing first hand. You will also need to take the goat's rectal temperature with a digital thermometer- normal is 101.5 to 103.5. Sometimes a goat will stand and waver and then go to sleep although normally the night time sleep is done lying down
