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     Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 38 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.245.86.243  Rating: N/A |
My goats ears seem to be improving some from using the ear mite drops. I can't say for sure though yet. I guesshair takes a little time to grow back.  | ||
| Jaye Maxfield New member Username: driftless Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 69.128.212.174 Rating: N/A |
My goats recently started losing small patches of hair like this. Our vet suggested pour-on pymethren(sp?). The problem is that it's about time for a worming, too. I'd like to give something that will do both and be safe for pregnant and nursing does and kids. Looking online, I found lots of very different advice. Will giving the injectable Ivermectin at 1ml per 35-50 lbs orally kill external parasites? I'm reading a few things that suggest that it will. Thanks! | ||
| Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 64.105.216.245 Rating: N/A |
Thanks so much for your help Maggie! | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1563 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.215.105  Rating: N/A |
You will either need to actually inject the ivermectin or get the pour on type if using it for treating mites.. Giving it orally doesn't work for treating external parasites. It might work though if you put a few drops of the invectable type directly into the ears. The stuff for your cat should work fine on the goats, they hate to get fluid in their ears but the shaking really distributes the med well. Use the directions as for the cat. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.245.86.243 Rating: N/A |
Hi Maggie - I'm begining to think it's mites. I haven't been able to get a good picture but the edges of their ears are kind of scabby and the middle of their ears still has hair on it. I found on a website some interesting info on mites and that sounds exactly like thier symptoms. I've attached the link. It says something about treating with ivermectin twice in 3 week intervals. I just wormed them a week ago. Would you recommend doing it again in 2 more weeks? I had ear mite drops for my cat that I used on them. They started shaking their heads like crazy and then laid their ears flat like an airplane. I don't think they liked it very much though it was kind of comicle. It says to use it again in 2 days as needed until gone. Any suggestions? http://www.imagecyte.com/mites.html | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1556 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.215.105 Rating: N/A |
Mange mites cause intense itching and usually scabby scaly skin too. Could they be rubbing their nose and ear tips on a hay rack, small doorway (like a creep feeder)? It could be ear mites (like what cats and dogs get) and the hair loss on the ears is from rubbing and scratching. Look deep inside the ears (and smell them too) is there a brown goo? Any ear mite treatment for dogs will work for goats, or you can drop a few drops of ivermectin into the ears. A mineral deficiency can take several months to reverse and hair may not regrow much until the next shedding cycle. But this does sound a bit suspicious as to not be "just" a mineral deficiency.... Pictures would help when you can. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 29 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.245.86.243 Rating: N/A |
Well, it's been a few weeks and I was noticing today that there has been no improvement. It seems like they have lost even more hair (still only on their nose and ears). I took the salt/mineral blocks out and just have the loose minerals in there. The one little guy has a little more than half of his hair gone on his ears. Could this be some kind of parasite? I'm very confused. Otherwise they act fine. It's just the 2 that are loosing the hair. The other is fine. I'll try to get out there later and take a picture so I can post it. | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1462 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109 Rating: N/A |
Yes the minerals say in the instructions to offer NO OTHER SOURCE OF SALT. The goats and other animals will eat the plain salt (that is what they are after anyway, not the minerals themselves) and ignore the one with the trace minerals they need. When wild animals go to a natural salt lick it contains all the trace minerals that are in the soil in the area plus some salt, so they get what they need while satisfying their craving for salt. Goats and wild animals don't know they need the minerals they just know they want the salt. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 25 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 64.105.216.245 Rating: N/A |
Hi Maggie I use the Golden Blend Minerals from Hoegger Goat Supply. I'm at work right now so I don't have the numbers in front of me. I think I read on one of these posts that if you have free choice minerals out that you should not also have a salt block out because it draws them away from the minerals. Is that true? If it is I better take their 2 salt blocks out of the pen. | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1461 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109 Rating: N/A |
How much copper does your mineral have? Hair loss on the face can mean copper deficiency. Or they could just be rubbing it off on the hay rack... Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Megan New member Username: schef1mm Post Number: 24 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 64.105.216.245 Rating: N/A |
Two of my little ones seem to be loosing a little hair on their nose and the tips of their ears. Their nose looks almost like it's been rubbed on something too much. Anything to be worried about? |