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Hey guys
I have a year and a half old Nigerian Dwarf. he is an only goat as he is a buddy for one of our Retired horses.
I noticed the other day his hair is suddenly thin (long guard hairs but very little under coat when 2-3 weeks ago he was fluffy) and dull coat and he is very itchy and has dry flakey skin.
Now he had been wearing a blanket ( we have recently moved from hot Arizona to a cold wet environment in Delaware both he and the horse were not coated for the sudden change thus blankets)
anyway I noticed he was shivering pretty bad.
I called a Long time friend in TX who raises meat goats and she suggested I drench him with
Cydectin and I did and treat him with power punch because he is probably Anemic (his eye color test was a 3 ,she suspects barber pole worms) witch I did yesterday along with the Cydectin .
She is also sending me a copper bolus so I don’t have to order a whole bottle for just 1 goat. We apparently are low in copper in Delaware
The question I have and she didn’t know an answer for is will the Cydectin drench kill any mites he may have? He acts like he has mites but I can’t see anything. Keep in mind he lives with a horse so I have to be careful of anything topical and it is still way to cold for a bath.
I did strip their stall today and bedded it with fresh bedding.
also he was much improved eye color (I can’t remember the test name off hand)and was no longer acting cold . He was bouncing and playing and getting in to trouble like usual today lol
And he has never lost his appetite.
And yes I will be sending a fecal out 2-3 days after his second dose of wormer like the lab suggested.
I have a year and a half old Nigerian Dwarf. he is an only goat as he is a buddy for one of our Retired horses.
I noticed the other day his hair is suddenly thin (long guard hairs but very little under coat when 2-3 weeks ago he was fluffy) and dull coat and he is very itchy and has dry flakey skin.
Now he had been wearing a blanket ( we have recently moved from hot Arizona to a cold wet environment in Delaware both he and the horse were not coated for the sudden change thus blankets)
anyway I noticed he was shivering pretty bad.
I called a Long time friend in TX who raises meat goats and she suggested I drench him with
Cydectin and I did and treat him with power punch because he is probably Anemic (his eye color test was a 3 ,she suspects barber pole worms) witch I did yesterday along with the Cydectin .
She is also sending me a copper bolus so I don’t have to order a whole bottle for just 1 goat. We apparently are low in copper in Delaware
The question I have and she didn’t know an answer for is will the Cydectin drench kill any mites he may have? He acts like he has mites but I can’t see anything. Keep in mind he lives with a horse so I have to be careful of anything topical and it is still way to cold for a bath.
I did strip their stall today and bedded it with fresh bedding.
also he was much improved eye color (I can’t remember the test name off hand)and was no longer acting cold . He was bouncing and playing and getting in to trouble like usual today lol
And he has never lost his appetite.
And yes I will be sending a fecal out 2-3 days after his second dose of wormer like the lab suggested.