I need goat help.

[chickenpatty]

Charlotte, our 3 month old pygmy, has diarrhea. What do I do? Is there something I can get for her without having to take her to the vet?

 

Help?!

[Margaret in GA]

First, a disclaimer: my dh is the goat person in the family. I do know that he's learned a lot from the "coffe shop" at

 

http://goatweb.mail.everyone.net/email/scripts/loginuser.pl

 

Also, in my (limited) experience any bowel problems are related to 1.) eating something they shouldn't be (maybe funky weeds or green, green grass?) 2.) worms If it's worms, de-worm them right away. I'm sure the goat web thing can help you figure out if that is the problem-- looking at their gums or eyelids for instance.

 

Good luck and hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in here,

Margaret

[tlcmom]

with my daughters 9 week old Nigerian Dwarf goat. We think it was from too much grain. Her 4H leader who is also a vet tech said to feed it a tsp of unflavored gelatin. Also, make sure that the goat isn't eating anything different.