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  1. Health & Wellness
    I have a La Mancha who is 10 months old and I noticed she had a swollen jaw. It’s squishy like a water balloon. about two months ago I dewormed her because she had major runny poop and FAMACHA wasn’t good. Since then everything has cleared up poop is looking great even as of today and her jaw...
  2. Health & Wellness
    So yesterday we had a buck down with what I believe is anemia. sadly he passed away through the night😭. I had dewormed him with Fir Meadows and he didn’t have a temp. Last night things where looking up. I did move the other bucks that where with him to a new spot as I figured that the buck pen...
  3. Parasites
    This will be a long one as it’s been a long battle to try to fix. I hope everything I type makes sense. I’m relatively new to goats (got my first few in February 2023) and I’m now having HUGE parasite issues. By the beginning of summer I had seven goats, two mini Nubians and five Nubians. Five...
  4. Parasites
    Hi there! About 1.5 weeks ago I started notcing my ND mama in milk had occasional clumpy poops. Which is not unnormal for her. I put her in a greener pasture areas 2/3 days ago and the clumpy poops really started being present. I will attach pics of the poop ( sorry lol) I know with the...
  5. Health & Wellness
    Can I pick up poop from the ground to save for a fecal.I saw her poop but did not get there in time to catch it ? Thank you all.
  6. Parasites
    I'm looking for a natural dewormer for my sheep. Would garlic work? How much and how often? My sheep are Katahdins which are a parasite resistant breed. I'm hoping to prevent instead of cure. Right now all ewes and lambs seem to be fine. No signs of a heavy parasite load. But I know they will be...
  7. Health & Wellness
    So today I went out to visit the bucks (which usually my father looks after them, so I don’t see them consistently) and one of them looked extremely skinny and has scours. He is also separating himself from the herd. I don’t know how my dad didn’t catch it, I’m honestly very frustrated and upset...
  8. Health & Wellness
    Something is going on with my goat and I’m not quite sure what. Friday evening she started doing some loud screaming I thought maybe she might be in heat or being kept from her food but determined it wasn’t that. The only thing I could think of was maybe she had bloat? Her rumen felt super hard...
  9. Health & Wellness
    Young goat has bottle jaw no diarreha seen. What is the dosage for levamisole or prohibit?? She is just got the bottle jaw and warm under jaw. We might use invermectin injection too? Any thoughts. We have a paste from vet of levamisole dosage . Also prohibit powder dosage more for goats...
  10. Health & Wellness
    One of my does just came down heavy with Anemia. She had bottle jaw (which has finally went away) but today, she can barely stand. I dewormed her on the 29th with safeguard, and began giving her probiotics and red cell. All was going well until today. I decided to inject Vitamin B complex and...
  11. Health & Wellness
    Just wormed one of our goats last week as her eyelids were looking pale. Noticed she was acting a bit sluggish this week, checked her FAMACHA and it’s even worse. So I’m assuming our wormer either doesn’t work anymore, or she’s grown ‘immune’ to its help. We live in Canada so I’m not sure what...
  12. Health & Wellness
    Can anyone recommend a goat dewormer that isn't in the same family as Ivermectin and Cydectin?
  13. Goat Management
    Hey folks - I've been keeping goats for the last three years, and have been doing rotational grazing that entire time. Basically, moving their pen once a week and not returning to the same spot for at least six weeks. This is the method I learned from my farming mentor, who's been doing...
  14. Health & Wellness
    This morning I found one of my doelings dead. Her eyelids, super pale, no color, whatsoever. I dewormed my herd because they all seemed to have slightly low FAMANCHA score. I dewormed with cydectin, safeguard, and I did a 5 day Corid treatment. They all seem to be doing well, but I still...
  15. Health & Wellness
    I have a few goats that I have dewormed with a combination of Safeguard (fenbendazole) and Cydectin (moxidectin) yesterday. Neither of those dewormers treat coccidia so I was wondering if I should go ahead and treat for it just in case. I have a bottle of the Corid 9.6% Oral Solution that I...
  16. Health & Wellness
    Hey, I was wondering if it was safe and effective to use Cydectin (sheep oral drench) for 9 week old kids? I have the safeguard liquid too if that would be a better option. Let me know your opinions.
  17. Parasites
    Hello all! Now as spring is approaching, everyone is shedding out their winter coats. I noticed however, my oldest and newest doe seems to have lots of dandruff? I just read about offering zinc tablets, and with the current COVID virus going around, we are making plans to do some much needed...
  18. Parasites
    I have 2 bucklings in a 15 x 20 dirt lot in the barn, and let them out to graze regularly. One day, I noticed Archie was off, so i looked at FAMACHA (which was good), gave some b complex, and took temp. I wasn't that worried about it. The next morning, I went out, he had watery scours, and was...
  19. Health & Wellness
    Hi everyone. I have wormed by mouth in the past since my goats react very badly to being injected (they act like they’re having a panic attack) But which way is the best and most effective, especially for lungworms? If it’s injected, where is the best place to do it? Sorry for ignorance.
  20. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hey! Fairly new goat owner here! I don't normally have too much trouble with worms, but several of my goats have lost condition recently. I did a check of their mucous membranes, and they were looking a little pale. I went ahead and wormed with Ivermectin, since that's what I had on hand, but...
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