introduced new goat today, he wont settle down

Hey guys! Ive only ever had a couple goats and all have been related. I had to put my one female to sleep two weeks ago and wanted to get a companion for her brother (pygmy wether) since he is now all alone. So i finally got the new fence set up today and brought the new goat home (nubian wether). Mine (lundy) is acting very dominant and mean towards the new boy (laddie) which i expected until they get used to each other. Which is why i gave them seperate pastures. However laddie will not stop screaming, he has made himself hoarse from yelling for home. Is this normal? If so how long till he settles? I feel so bad for him. I got him from my neighbors so he can hear his old herd and see the house.... im not sure if thats better for him or worse.

sorry this is longwinded. Thanks for any advice in advance !

 

Thanks! The only goats ive ever brought home before where lundys mom and older brothers but they settled in immediately. But they were also from an extremely abusive situation, so they might have just been to spent to worry anymore. Really thought i was doing something wrong with this guy! I built his new pasture up against the old one so the can sniff and touch if the want to but can get away if needed. Ive also only had pygmies before, this guy looks like a giraffe to me! :slapfloor:

 

They are not the same size, my boy is a large pygmy maybe 85 lbs and the new guy is a Nubian... if I had to guess 145lbs? Not really sure. My pygmy is just grunting at him and stomping lol I guess to me that's being mean. But I haven't put them together yet off lead the have two separate pastures for now and a sturdy cow panel between where they can touch without killing my fence. My boy has butted the fence one or two times and butted the Nubian once when we introduced them on leads. But I guess it's just normal pecking order. Should I continue to feed my pygmy first and then the Nubian? To show jes still the main man? Lol. I was really worried about the size difference, but when I took mine to get a buddy this is the only one he seemed to like out of 50 some odd goats he met. Yes I'm weird lol but I wouldn't want someone to force a roommate on me without my approval, so it's only fair he got to choose haha :wink: but the are close to the same age, my boy is 8 and the new guy is 7, both wethers.

 

Laddie has some sort of eye goo going on, I wanted to treat him before putting them together in case ots contagious.

Lundy (pygmy) has horns and laddie (Nubian) does not. Laddie is a giant lap dog and very submissive to lundy. So I think after initial introductions it will work out( I hope)

Oh are Nubian's boney compared to pygmies? I can clearly see laddies hips and the hollows on his sides. Lundy looks chubby compared. The vet was just out the other week to put his sister down tho and asked to look lundy over and said he's the best looking goat he's ever seen whos had a perineal urthostomy done. So I'm guessing he isn't overweight. Just curious. First non pygmy goat I've had

 

The scoring is confusing lol. For his eyes I'm using a saline solution rinse and putting a natural antibiotic in them. It's been clearing up over the last couple days.
If I can get them to upload I'll put a couple pics on here

 

Here's another angle of laddie. He's a hard one to get a decent picture of

 

They are both super sweet. I'm pretty sure they both think they are lap dogs

 

I can try to get a fecal done. I just moved and am having a horrible time finding a vet for the goats. The one that came out to put Effie down for me only did it because he was in the area for a golf tournament and brought the shot with him. They have salt, I never keep minerals... my previous vet didn't want lundy on any extra because of his UC tendencies but I could get some for laddie and give to him outside the fence.