Have 2 pygmy goats that needed worming. I bought 2 large pills from a feed store. I tried forcing the pills down them - no luck. They like bread so I got a hammer and made powder of the pills and wrapped them in bread. The goats eagely took the bread but spit it out after a few chews. Suggestiong please. Eagle.

-- eagle (eagle@alpha1.net), March 30, 2000

Answers

Anytime you give a goat a oral dose of anything you have to position either the syringe (no needle) bolus or pill so that it goes over the hump in their tongue area. This was the procedure they showed us at a field days at the Univ. of NC vet school. You come into the mouth from the side and then position it so it is over that hump. We worm our goats with ivomec orally. You can also use other wormers such as safeguard, pancur, valbazen, detromex (sp), etc. Hope this helps.

Bernice

-- Bernice Lindquist-Raymond (geminigoats@yahoo.com), March 30, 2000.

I crush the pill to a fine powder and mix with warm water, put it in a syringe for liquid medicine. Our vet told me to put it in the right side of the mouth as far back as I could get it in and just squirt it. Works every time. I've use this method to give sick kids electrolytes when they had the scours and wouldnt nurse or suck a bottle.

-- Peggy Carr (wclpc@cookeville.com), March 30, 2000.

Tramisol sheep oblets, the little yellow pill are not for goats, they are for sheep. In trials at Texas A&M Edwards Plauteu sheep and goat studies, the amount of drug that would be needed to work would also kill the goat. Any benzazole, Valbazen, Pancur, Safeguard etc. would be a better choice, or Ivermectin 1% injectable, given orally. Vicki

-- Vicki McGaugh (vickilonesomedoe@hotmail.com), March 30, 2000.

We sprinkle a little black walnut hull powder on their food every morning for about a week every three months. Keeps the worms away and we don't have to worry about chemicals in the milk or the goats (worms?) building up a resistance to the wormer. You can get a pound for about $4.00 from AmeriHerb, Inc. Their phone number is 1-800-267- 6141.

-- Yesteryear Cottage (oberg@watervalley.net), March 30, 2000.

I'm VERY interested to know if anyone has used Diatomaceous Earth (DE) to get rid of worms in goats or other animals. I've read that many farmers add it to their animal's feed to get rid of and prevent worms and intestinal parasites. Paulette

-- paulette mark (kiwi333@ipa.net), March 31, 2000.

Bernice, Peggy, Vicki, Yesteyear Cottage, Paulette,Thanks for the responses. You know this is a great discussion group. Where else could I get this information and free, at that. Before I got the replies, I crushed the pills, mixed an equal amount of sugar and spread it "thinly" on bread and the goats gobbled it down. I'm going to store all this info somewhere. I know I'll need it eventually. I wonder what is significant about going in the right side of the goat's mouth with the pill rather than the left. I hope I didn't get sheep pills as Vicki suggested. I have 2 very special pygmie goats, Manard and Aggie. Manard used to be in the Childrens Petting Zoo at the Houston Zoo. He also was taken around to schools as Manard the Recycle Goat. We have Manard T-shirts and Manard coloring books.. Aggie is his daughter. She was delivered in an emergency situation by a Texas A&M Medical student. They were given to us because we have a nice place out in the country where they can run around free. Thanks again. agle

-- eagle (eagle@alpha1.net), April 02, 2000.

Sorry, misspelled my own name. Eagle, not agle. Eagle

-- eagle (eagle@alpha1.net), April 02, 2000.

Someone sent me an e-mail asking if the black walnut hull powder would work with sheep. I don't know for sure but I can't see any reason why it would not. I do know it works with humans.

Sorry for not replying directly to the e-mailer (Whomever you are). I deleted the message before I got a chance to reply.

-- Yesteryear Cottage (oberg @watervalley.net), April 03, 2000.