| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Young wether injury. | 9/8/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: We have a four month old Nubian wether that we banded recently. Today he got upended by an adult ...
A: Ouch! You did everything I would have done except I would give him another tetanus anti toxin ...
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| Goats | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have five goats, 1 wether and 4 does. My wether is an Alpine, one girl is a pygmy and one is a ...
A: You really need to get a little buddy for Delilah- her age and size so she has someone her size to ...
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| Advice needed | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I am located in Elkesley in England and have no previous experience in goat keeping. a couple of ...
A: No. I know some people are using pour ons orally but no - do not. Use the pour on Ivomec as a pour ...
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| hormonal inbalance | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: My pygmy goat which is about 7 years old has never been bred. she lives with her mother and are ...
A: Milking her out is not the answer as it only tells her body to make more milk- (supply and demand) ...
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| Advice needed | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I am located in Elkesley in England and have no previous experience in goat keeping. a couple of ...
A: the falling over and not being able to get up is probably due to weakness more than likely due to ...
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| bottlejaw | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: How long does it take for bottlejaw to improve after worming? We have two goats who showed symptoms ...
A: The safeguard is not going to work very well as it is not nearly effective as the ivomec Plus, ...
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| new kid | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have a pygmy goat that had three kids, they are all very small, and the smallest one isn't eating ...
A: So glad you write right away! Because she is the smallest of triplets she is probably getting pushed ...
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| Advice needed | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I am located in Elkesley in England and have no previous experience in goat keeping. a couple of ...
A: You are doing a wonderful thing with these precious goats! I would suggest changing dewormer to ...
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| Do goats get colds? | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have been doing a lot of research on goat pneumonia. I'm not so sure that is what my goats have, ...
A: Goats do not get colds really - they get pneumonia or allergy- Typically with a colored nasal ...
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| high importance | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: i have just rescued a kid from tourture and not being fed i have had her on calf pab witch is i ...
A: You are better off feeding her whole people milk from the grocery store - whole cows milk that is- ...
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| Lame Kid | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: one of our goats recently had male twins, one was born dead and the other has been very slow moving ...
A: I'm sorry you lost your one baby. There are a few reasons this could be happening with the live ...
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| goat deworming | 9/7/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I want to use injectable noromectin to de-worm my 50lb bucklings. Is this a good idea and if so how ...
A: Noromectin is basically Ivomec but seems to sting more than ivomec I am guessing it has a different ...
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| undecended testicle in 6mo. Nubian | 9/6/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I love my 3 little boys. My first goats. When i got them in April, at 3 months old, they had been ...
A: You are not going to like this but yes this is a surgery (along with ANY surgery that requires ...
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| new pygmy goats | 9/6/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have recently been given two pygmy does, age 2 years. I previous owner says she has never wormed ...
A: If the goats are sneezing this could be a simple allergy to something dusty there- or if they have a ...
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| baby goat diaria | 9/6/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: my baby goat has been having diaria. When we got him they didn give us him mom. so we fed him ...
A: Not knowing the baby's age makes this a bit more difficult - but assuming it is at least a month ...
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| sick goat | 9/6/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: My mom has a goat, I don't know what kind he is, but he will not lift his head up. He lays with his ...
A: I need more information to help you. He needs to stay hydrated- get him to drink anything you can- ...
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| pygmy with bump on jaw | 9/5/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Just noticed this morning that my pygmy whether has a lump on his jaw. Both sides look bigger but ...
A: Since I cannot see him - take a look at this article and see if you can tell me where the lumps ...
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| goat lumps | 9/5/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I am new to goats. I bought a goat that had a big lump (bigger & wider than a softball). I was told ...
A: You need a tractor to scrape and remove the dirt down about 6-8 inches which is where the bacteria ...
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| goat lumps | 9/5/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I am new to goats. I bought a goat that had a big lump (bigger & wider than a softball). I was told ...
A: I'm sorry this happened to you. Did you read on my website how to deal with CL using formalin? ...
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| can you help me save goats | 9/5/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: my Neighbor and I live in Virginia, Gate city . has a few goats left I noticed he started out ...
A: Sounds to me like he is either dealing with coccidiosis or bad wormload - A veterinary fecal exam ...
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| bottlefed kid | 9/4/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: She nursed from her recip mother for 2 weeks and the other kid pushed her off.the doe had a ...
A: Milk replacer is the culprit. Take her off the replacer and put her on whole regular cows milk from ...
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| I have a 3 week old goat | 9/4/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Yes Hi My name is Ashley Jones I am 15 years old and my baby goat my parents got me at a live stalk ...
A: I'm going to try to get this out to you before the storms cause me to go offline again. I don't ...
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| Pygmy Goats | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Can you have a pygmy goat in city limits?
A: You will need to check with your local planning and zoning for your area to get this answer as it ...
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| external parasites | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: We have used ivomec injectable every 3 months consistently for external mites. We have also used ...
A: Personally I find that ivomec pour on used topically down the backline of the goat is the most ...
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| foot loss of circulation | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have a 1.5 yr old doe that was tangled with her tether about a month and a half ago. It was wound ...
A: Good call on immediate care on your part! Is the foot necrotic? (black and smelly)? Have you taken ...
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| droopy baby goat. | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: i have a female goat approximately 2.5 months old. she is a goofy little mix and looks be a mix of a ...
A: Sounds like she may be severely anemic with bottlejaw. Most likely from worms- the dewormers you are ...
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| female goat carrying a lot of milk | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: you emailed me saying our pet goat must have had kids recently as she is producing a lot of milk. we ...
A: A goat will be in milk for approximately 10 months after kidding- milk production will decrease ...
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| Piccadilly acts sick | 9/3/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have had my two goats for about 4-5 years now. They are Boer/Spanish cross does and are simply ...
A: Usually when a goat goes down it is either worms, pneumonia or coccidiosis. The first 2 things I ...
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| lola | 9/2/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: my sister asked u the one question but I want to know what r the chances that a baby goat will die ...
A: If the doe is trying to give birth and for some reason the baby is in a bad position and cannot be ...
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| Infected leg cut | 9/2/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: We have two nubian wethers....the Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville). They are approximately 2 ...
A: Hi Pat, Ouch! Ok What I would do is this: IF you can.. soak his foot in an epsom salt solution ...
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| my goat Lola | 9/2/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Yesterday my goat went into birth and you could tell she was having a baby because she was pushing. ...
A: Rule of thumb is to not allow the doe to push and be in active labor for more than 20 minutes ...
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| What caused death of 2 year old goat? | 9/2/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Two weeks ago I adopted a 2-year old mini angora as a companion to my two 5 -year old fraternal twin ...
A: I am still waiting for answers to add to mine- I think we are limited here to the times we can ...
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| Pregnant Goat | 9/2/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have a Bore Goat that I believe is pregnant by out Pygmy Billy Goat. We also have two Donkeys. ...
A: She is going to need some VitB1 (Thiamine) administered injection SubQ to avoid goat polio (thiamine ...
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| POOR RUFUS! | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: sorry to keep bothering you but I'm Stumped. Rufus has a white blood count of 65,000 Liver enzymes ...
A: I'm so sorry, he is truly a fighter isn't he? Ivomec Plus injected SUbQ 1cc/30lbs for a severely ...
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| pregnant doe due anytime with CL | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Yes this is my same goat that is pregnant that has now developed the CL, she was moving right along ...
A: Wonderful you have your daughter ready to go- When she does go into early labor I would have her ...
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| pregnant doe due anytime with CL | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Yes this is my same goat that is pregnant that has now developed the CL, she was moving right along ...
A: Is she showing ANY signs of pending kidding? Any discharge or flabbyness in the vulva? Any pawing ...
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| 1 yr old Pygmy buck has a lump or abcess | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: I have a 1 yr old Pygmy buck that has developed a golf ball sized lump on his throat. It doesn't ...
A: Depending where the lump is will help determine what it is- don't go touching it just yet and do not ...
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| nubian pet goat | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: we have a female pet nubian, rescued from the side of the main raod. she has 2 small hair covered ...
A: She is very pretty! This is a toggenburg (or toggenburg /alpine mix) dairy goat and those things ...
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| What caused death of 2 year old goat? | 9/1/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: Two weeks ago I adopted a 2-year old mini angora as a companion to my two 5 -year old fraternal twin ...
A: Let me think about this for a bit- and run it by some people I know. I lost my VERY favorite goat to ...
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| Goat not behaving normally | 8/31/2008 | Goatlady |
Q: This question is in regards to a goat that does not belong to me, but who lives in the pasture with ...
A: If I am reading this correctly it sounds to me like possible urinary calculi: I have an article on ...
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