Goat questions

[Chatychick]

Glad to help ...also a banding gun is not expensive and the bands are about $1 ...also get a blood pg test on her to make sure she isnt...I have had Nigerians born in all the months of the year...as my DH says they are fertile turtles...LOL...

 

[redhen]

thanks guys for responding...yeah..i wish my vet would just band him..he is a large animal vet..but when i called before to ask about neutering...(i asked about the banding..)..the receptionist told me that he dosent band....i believe he uses a general anestheia...which i BET hurts like heck!

...i would rather the banding..but..

..i dont know enough to do it myself...so..i have to go with the vet....even though i have some doubts about the guy...i think on tuesday..i'm going to call Hardwick vets...(he used to be a large animal vet..but i think he just does reg. animals now)..but i'll ask him for a quick band....

..and in the mean time..hope he didnt get to cricket...

....i used to be able to pen them seperatly..but.since i moved them into a new barn..they have been together...

....my only hope is they are to young...

..thanks again...Wendy

 

[goldensunriseranch]

I hope you can get another vet to do a band. It's not so much the pain of general anesthesia but the goats alot of times never come back out of it which is sad. And if they do it's days of disorientation for them with no appetite etc which can cause all sorts of secondary problems. With a quick banding it's a few moments of discomfort until the lack of blood to the area makes it numb, then not long after they are usually back up and forget all about it. Later it turns hard and flat and falls off in a few weeks.
I'd definitely get them separated asap just in case he did miss her the last few times around, heats come around every 18-21 days and sometimes they don't even let you know they ARE in heat. Some are just so quiet about it. So every day he's with her the more likely she'll get bred if she isn't already.
Best of luck!

 

[Chatychick]

Yep banding isnt hard to do as I just banded the last 3 I had to do ...took maybe 5 minutes to get them done and they have hushed now...Yep food or a bottle if they are that young makes them forget...All you have to do is make sure the testicles are way down in the sack and place the band as low as you can go with them still in the sack and make sure you dont get the teats in the band. It takes about 3 weeks for it to fall off and so much easier than anestisia...Like Golden said some wont wake up from it.. are there any other goat owners around...I bet they could show you how to get it down or do it for you...Good luck

 

[warcard]

Can you find someone else with goats in the area and see if they will do a trade?

I just had someone come over to buy pheasants and low and behold they raised goats. I had some questions for them, and was talking to them about the vet I was planning on using. Long story short, they said he wasn't a good vet, they banded the two boys, gave them some wormer, and gave me the name of some better vets. They didn't ask anything for it, but I gave them a guinea since the husband was interested in ours.

 

[redhen]

yeah..i can ask around about local people that have goats..i think i saw an ad for some in the next town over..good idea!..thanks...

...is he to old to band now though?..he was born the last week in april...Wendy

 

[warcard]

I was told my older boy was 8-mths, and he had a pretty big set

(at least to my eyes). They weren't concerned; it took a little wiggling but they got them in the band just fine. Bert actually took it better than Ernie (5mths); Ernie had to lie down for a minute after the 'procedure', but they said that is normal. They are both as spry as ever two days later.

 

[redhen]

okay..thanks alot..appreciate it..

..Wendy...p.s.,,heehe...burt and earnie!!..to cute!!