NIGERIAN DWARFT GOAT

[cassie]

I think that the person i talked to said, only feed alfalfa easing it into their diet, or it can bloat them and they will have to be euthanized.

That is probably true. About the bloat part anyway. If a goat bloats you treat it. You don't euthanize it. If a goat is going to die from bloat it dies quickly. You wouldn't have time to euthanize it even if you were so inclined. The best treatment I have found for bloat is plain old Gas X you get at the drug or grocery store. It is fast, safe, effective and works a whole lot better than the traditional remedies like oil and the medications for bloat like thera-bloat. A fellow goat dairyman told me about Gas X and how effective it is and she was right. Gas X and clostridium perfingens antitoxin were two things I always kept on hand when I had goats.