Goat losing hair and itching around neck

[cassie]

If it was my goat I would spray the area with BluKote. If it is a fungal infection that should clear it up. At any rate the BluKote can't hurt and may help. It can rule out a fungal infection if nothing else.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Your local vet may have the medicine you need.
Our vet will also do house calls.

 

[Mrichard0930]

https://www.jefferspet.com/products/stop-itch-goat-protector-1-liter

This product worked !! After first application I noticed hair growing in bald spots around neck and face and less itching I just put second application 6 days later and even more hair growing and less itching so it must be working. I will keep doing this every week since it says lasts 7 days until it gets too cold out to do it and hopefully his hair will be fully back by then. Thanks again!!!

 

[Mrichard0930]

Your local vet may have the medicine you need.
Our vet will also do house calls.

Yes I have established a vet we see that was plan B thanks

 

[Mrichard0930]

If it was my goat I would spray the area with BluKote. If it is a fungal infection that should clear it up. At any rate the BluKote can't hurt and may help. It can rule out a fungal infection if nothing else.

Thanks but the goat itch protector shampoo worked his hair is growing back and less itching so must have been a lice or mite I’m still confused how it could be lice I didn’t see a single louse like I did last time they had lice in spring. Hair was completely removed bald spots but who knows good to know about this product too if that ever happens thanks.

 

[cassie]

Thanks but the goat itch protector shampoo worked his hair is growing back and less itching so must have been a lice or mite I’m still confused how it could be lice I didn’t see a single louse like I did last time they had lice in spring. Hair was completely removed bald spots but who knows good to know about this product too if that ever happens thanks.

Bllukote won't work on lice. It just works on fungus and some infections. Glad the shampoo worked. I can tell you from personal experience that lice can be VERY hard to see. Whenever I had a goat that looked lousy I treated it whether I could see the lice or not.

 

[Mrichard0930]

Bllukote won't work on lice. It just works on fungus and some infections. Glad the shampoo worked. I can tell you from personal experience that lice can be VERY hard to see. Whenever I had a goat that looked lousy I treated it whether I could see the lice or not.

Ok good to know I haven’t even had them a year yet so I’m still learning so they get lice usually winter breaking into spring and then summer breaking into fall. So should I treat around this time regardless or wait to see itching. The lice in spring was just a lot of itching and visible lice with fleas comb. This time my one goat didn’t even have any symptoms but this guy had balding neck so it was scary going into cold weather with Val patches- it was 30 degrees last night !!

 

[cassie]

I can only tell you what I did. I had a dairy and I had dairy goats. For a number of reasons I clipped the whole herd in the spring as soon as the weather was warm enough. That went a long way in controlling lice. The rest of the time I only treated if some of the goats looked lousy. In those cases I treated all of them. For some reason, one or two goats in the herd may be crawling with lice while the rest of the herd seemed to be unaffected. I used a louse powder approved for dairy animals and applied it down the backbone and then rubbed it in. I am not suggesting you clip your goats but I am suggesting you keep a can of louse powder on hand. It is simple to use, cheap, and effective.

My goats that had lice had rough mussed coats from scratching and chewing but I don't recall having any with bald patches due to lice. When I saw balding it was because of a fungus infection and the BluKote took care of that. I am wondering if your goat with the bald patches had mites rather than lice, particularly because you couldn't see them. I don't know anything about mites but if I were you, I would look them up. Anyway, I am glad the shampoo worked. I am a very big fan of anything that works.

 

[Mrichard0930]

I can only tell you what I did. I had a dairy and I had dairy goats. For a number of reasons I clipped the whole herd in the spring as soon as the weather was warm enough. That went a long way in controlling lice. The rest of the time I only treated if some of the goats looked lousy. In those cases I treated all of them. For some reason, one or two goats in the herd may be crawling with lice while the rest of the herd seemed to be unaffected. I used a louse powder approved for dairy animals and applied it down the backbone and then rubbed it in. I am not suggesting you clip your goats but I am suggesting you keep a can of louse powder on hand. It is simple to use, cheap, and effective.

My goats that had lice had rough mussed coats from scratching and chewing but I don't recall having any with bald patches due to lice. When I saw balding it was because of a fungus infection and the BluKote took care of that. I am wondering if your goat with the bald patches had mites rather than lice, particularly because you couldn't see them. I don't know anything about mites but if I were you, I would look them up. Anyway, I am glad the shampoo worked. I am a very big fan of anything that works.

Right I assumed it was muted but someone else on post after seeing his pictures insisted it’s lice. If all lice can be seen he def didn’t have it I check his entire body his hair is super easy to search threw. When they had lice in spring I found them easily. I’ll keep watching he was a little itchy today so if this doesn’t fully work and restore his hair completely I’m gona try this stuff you suggested. Thanks so much

 

[cassie]

One thing about BluKote is that it can't hurt the animal. The worst it can do is make the area purple. If it is a fungus infection, you should see a rapid improvement. If you treat the animal for say, five days, and it isn't better, most likely it is not a fungus and you need to look for something else. One of my bucks that was out in pasture and not observed regularly came in nearly bald. I sprayed him generously with BluKote. He looked really funny there for a while. I mean it isn't every day you see a purple buck. He cleared up very promptly and grew in a nice new coat of hair. I am just very sorry I didn't take a picture of him when he was all purple. He was truly a sight to behold.