Senior goat has fever and cough

Yes, frequent injections in the same area can become irritated. Its best to find a few places to inject and rotate those. Poor guy, glad he's done with that part any way. Hopefully he will continue to improve..Good job!

 

Good job on caring for your guy. Hope he gets better soon.

 

Please keep going with raw garlic daily for at least a week to prevent any relapses.

 

@21goaties what is his most fave treat. Disguise the garlic with this. See if it works

 

1. Whole cloves (goats take them as treats)

2. Whole cloves coated in molasses or honey

3. Suggestion #1 but tossed with feed

4. Suggestion #2 but tossed with feed

5. Crushed or chopped garlic in feed

6. Suggestion #2 but crushed or chopped in feed

7. Crushed garlic mixed with a teaspoon of applesauce

8. Crushed garlic mixed with a teaspoon of mashed bananas

9. Crushed garlic mixed with a teaspoon of pumpkin puree

10. Suggestion #7, #8, or #9 with Slippery Elm Powder added

11. Crushed garlic mixed with a bit of flaxseed meal and molasses to form a ball

12. Suggestion #11 can be shoved into the mouth of a goat a few times forcefully if they don't like it at first

13. Suggestion #11 can also be tossed into feed, or broken up slightly, then mixed with feed.

14. Garlic can be put into a peanut hull

15. Take a banana slice about an inch thick, scoop out the middle leaving a bit on the bottom, stick the clove in (or crushed garlic) cover the top, and offer to the goat or forcefully put into the goats mouth until they realize it is tasty.





In emergency (non-regular) situations



16. Crushed finely and mixed with water to drench carefully

17. Crushed finely and mixed with juice (carrot, fruit) to drench carefully

18. Crushed finely and mixed with olive oil to drench carefully or feed from a spoon

 

Yay. Keep going

 

This will depend if you want to go natural or not. With herbs you will need to go acute dosing Ivomec does target lung worm.

 

I would do Ivomec. I’d also test the rest of your herd.

 

In my experience, best lungworm plan is ivomec 3 doses 10 days apart then once more in 30 days.