Taming Pygmy Kids

[Chatychick]

If by chance you can tame 1 down the others wil follow ...thats what mine did when we got them...it takes time and patience...lots of patience...
Sorry about your mother...

 

[MissCluck]

I agree - tincture of time is the best remedy!

I don't know about you...but I very much enjoy just sitting either in the pasture or the stall with my goats. My Narcissa wasn't very affectionate when I got her but now she just loves to come up quietly for skritches and hugs.

Gimli, my little Nigi is still coming along as he was chased and (I think) abused at his last home. He's now eating out of my hand and will accept a little face skritch.

Your little goaties should soon come along.

 

[Chirpy]

I haven't had Pygmies but I have Nigis and they wouldn't let me near them when I got them at 8 weeks old. They had been held some by their breeder - I'd held them several times when I went to see them.

I have been told to never trap/catch a goat but to just let them come to you over time. Maybe that doesn't apply to Pygmies. I would go sit in their pen with them and talk or play with the chickens (they share a run) or just completely ignore them. It took four days for the first one to decide she couldn't live without me

and was soon on my lap and demanding to be petted. The other one took almost two weeks before she couldn't resist anymore. After that time period I couldn't go outside without them running to me for attention.

Food is always a great way to a goats heart.

Good luck - I think yours are young enough that you will have them tamed down and in your lap in no time.

 

[patyrdz]

I don't know anything about goats, yet!! But I wanted to say sorry about your mom.

 

[griffin45]

Hi MissJames, sorry to hear of your loss and glad to hear of your gain. We picked up 5 Pygmys at auction a week ago and they were wild for the first few days. They are still a bit standoffish, but three of them are pretty happy right now. 2 others were from a different farm and they are just as scared as can be, but slowly getting better. We don't have a lot of time to spend with them right now, as we are also bottle feeding 4 Nubian bucks. Next week we should start to gain a little time to spend with them and I am sure that they will calm down pretty quick.

Just have fun!

Chris

 

[agnes_day]

its taken a month for my girls to be friendly to me..it seems to just take lots of time and patience..my boy was friendly almost immediately but the girls seemed to want to make sure i was ok or something. now when they see me, they do this cute little dance and bound right up to me!

 

[Tlstinson]

Mine Pygmy’s are about 4 months old and have just started eating their food from my hand. It’s only when I sit down with them. When I stand up they’re still scared and run to their corner. They also just started to let me pet them but only when they’re eating. They weren’t bottle fed so they weren’t tame at all when i brought them home. Do you think there’s any way to ensure they tame? They‘re both female and are sisters. Thx

 

[cassie]

Kids that are raised on their mothers are never as tame as bottle raised kids. If you keep working with them they will probably tame down. If, after a few months, they don't you might be better off to just bite the bullet, rehome these, and start over. However, since these kids are fairly young, you ought to be able to tame them.

 

[cassie]

i have a goat that i've had for over a year now, she's psycho, she looks like a deer in the headlights when i try to even touch her, i've penned her, fed her by hand, still she's wild, she wasn't handled when was young, i'm not bottle raising any babies this year but i'm in that barn all the time, my 3 day old little buckling is super tame already, he comes running to me, i pick him up and carry him around, it'll be hard letting him go

Just curious. What breed is your wild goat? Is she a Toggenburg by any chance?