- Mar 7, 2008
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Hello All,
I have 3 nubian does, one is about 1.5yrs old and the other 2 were born on 04/21/09. I'm having nothing but bad luck! The 1.5yr old doe was more or less a pity buy at an auction and is the sweetest thing in the world and will be here till she dies. She was immediately tested for CAE and CL because she had swollen knees on her front legs (one more then the other). Everything came back neg. and we're assuming that it's from an old injury or poor care because she's also a bit small. The other two came from a woman who had a closed herd and was getting out. She had the mom (4.5yrs old) and her daughter (3yr old) and they were both bred to the same buck and one had triplets and the other had single. I took a doe from each...so they're very related. Anyways, they had to be treated for coccidia a couple months back because when I switched grain mix on them they got bloated up and poopy. They got over that and now it seems that all three of my goats have a large parasite load and are anemic. "Barley", my paint doe, is the worst. I thought I was going to lose her last week. I moved thier area because I had them positioned under two large acorn trees (oak)...and then found out that the trees are poisonous to them. I figured great, problem solved...nope. Barley now has Bottle-neck. She is still pooping, peeing and eating. She is not down and gets around pretty good and looks at me instead of a dull gaze into space. I ran them to a friend's house who has goats and she gave them all a dose of Valbazen (sp?) and something to perk them up (sorry can't remember the name, it was a blue paste). That was yesterday. I researched and found that since they're anemic I should get them some Vit B12 to help them. I'm going to check on getting some of that for them today. I really need help getting these girls into shape and any comments/suggestions would be helpful. I'm not having much luck! If anyone could tell me hints on what I may be doing wrong or even tips on how to have a healthier herd that would be wonderful. I started out with stock of unknown origin so once the two younger does are healthy again I am going to find them homes and try to find some nice, registered stock. This is a link to my website for the goats.... this is before all the mess with parasites started happening http://looneylops13.tripod.com/looneylopsnubians/index.html
I have 3 nubian does, one is about 1.5yrs old and the other 2 were born on 04/21/09. I'm having nothing but bad luck! The 1.5yr old doe was more or less a pity buy at an auction and is the sweetest thing in the world and will be here till she dies. She was immediately tested for CAE and CL because she had swollen knees on her front legs (one more then the other). Everything came back neg. and we're assuming that it's from an old injury or poor care because she's also a bit small. The other two came from a woman who had a closed herd and was getting out. She had the mom (4.5yrs old) and her daughter (3yr old) and they were both bred to the same buck and one had triplets and the other had single. I took a doe from each...so they're very related. Anyways, they had to be treated for coccidia a couple months back because when I switched grain mix on them they got bloated up and poopy. They got over that and now it seems that all three of my goats have a large parasite load and are anemic. "Barley", my paint doe, is the worst. I thought I was going to lose her last week. I moved thier area because I had them positioned under two large acorn trees (oak)...and then found out that the trees are poisonous to them. I figured great, problem solved...nope. Barley now has Bottle-neck. She is still pooping, peeing and eating. She is not down and gets around pretty good and looks at me instead of a dull gaze into space. I ran them to a friend's house who has goats and she gave them all a dose of Valbazen (sp?) and something to perk them up (sorry can't remember the name, it was a blue paste). That was yesterday. I researched and found that since they're anemic I should get them some Vit B12 to help them. I'm going to check on getting some of that for them today. I really need help getting these girls into shape and any comments/suggestions would be helpful. I'm not having much luck! If anyone could tell me hints on what I may be doing wrong or even tips on how to have a healthier herd that would be wonderful. I started out with stock of unknown origin so once the two younger does are healthy again I am going to find them homes and try to find some nice, registered stock. This is a link to my website for the goats.... this is before all the mess with parasites started happening http://looneylops13.tripod.com/looneylopsnubians/index.html
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