How to Handle Vet Issues: Questions

[video_embed url=”https://youtu.be/isd60CR0ROY”]Questions

 

Is Sulfa only available at a vet?

• Stock supply stores may carry
• A vet is more likely to get from

 

Goat Poisoning

• Goats will throw up, they will come to you, snotty foam
• Backcountry poisoning: use charcoal from the campfire grind and give it as a drench
• Toxic plant in Idaho: lupin. Watch for white milky sap
• Goats will learn toxic plants will hurt their stomach and know not to again. Treat themselves
• Area-specific know your area
• A common killer is goat gets into decorative plants in yards if your goats get out of your yard

 

Killer of Goats: Domesticated Dogs

• Most common breed: Husky dog
• Use bear spray, use a walking stick, get loud let the dog owner know to get their dog to protect them from goat attacking

 

What to do with horn damage?

• Rubbing creates a thin spot and breaks
• Lethal injury, a major vein in the horn
• Stop the bleeding, prevent maggots with an open wound
• Vet capabilities: clotting agent
• Problem while healing: rubbing horns scab falls off and bleeds, use epoxy to fill and prevent bleeding
• Goat Club Members have full access to Chester’s broken horn video
• De-horning is a personal choice

 

If a goat dies of sickness can you butcher it?

• Be cautious of what sickness
• No, if sick
• Old and served their purpose then yes butcher
• Teeth in older goats lack the ability to long live. Float goat’s teeth at 6 years old and again at 8 or 9 years old
• Goat Club members have full video access to how to kill a goat