Goats are easy pets and rarely need much attention, except when they are NOT easy and DEFINITELY need attention!
While checking udders (which is an indication of pregnancy), we noticed that Peanut was sick. Most goats can fight off the problems of worms, but it can still be a problem, especially in very small goats. We check our herd regularly and stay in touch with our Woodville Veterinarian (Dr. Ann Cutrare). From the video below, you can see that we also have a few “KIDS” in our future. Hope our goats wait until after this freeze to deliver, but we have had kids delivered between January 1st and April 1st in the past.
Goats become anemic when they are infected with worms. You check by checking their eyes (pulling down the bottom of the eyelid to check the color). Dark pink is desired. Light pink to white is not good. Red Cell is an iron medication. You can see from the video, it is almost impossible to check the goats eye and film at the same time. Peanut was pink, but not dark pink, so we added a little Red Cell to her medication. Between the pepto, panacur, and red cell, there were 36 mls in the syringe. Naturally, you have to administer this slowly so the goat has time to swallow.
The vet proscribed Panacur (deworming medication with active ingredient fenbendazole) and Kaopectate for Peanut. We could not locate the Kaeopectate, so Peptobismol was substituted (both have the same active ingredient which is bismuth subsalicylate). The medication is given for 3 to 5 days and the peptobismol is “as needed”. Peanut didn’t seem to mind the medicine, but the half bath took her a little while to accept. These pictures were taken after medication and after Peanut’s half bath. Obviously, we forgot to wash her mouth.
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