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Do you have goats?
We have 2 wether boys around 3 years old- nigerian dwarf goats and they are twins (full brothers). One is a palomino like color and the other is a black pinto. They have very different hair coats - the black one has always had a very silky coat and the palomino one has always had a coarse coat. They are stalled together sharing water, hay but have separate feed buckets. They are tied up at meals so they each eat only their own "grain".
The palomino one is Sage the black pinto is Pepper.
We live in North Central KY. We have had pretty durn cold weather most of the winter. The last weekend of February was in the low teens at night and 20's - 30's during the day. The week following -- (this past week) - mid week I think - the weather suddenly turned WARM. 50's then 60's and 70's on Friday and Saturday.
Friday I came home from work finding that Sage had "blown his coat" - he let loose all the undercoat/winter hair all over his body - and a good bit of the regular coat along his back and down his hind legs - he has not finished shedding it out - but you could pull it out by the handfulls - by just rubbing your hand along it. He has BARE SKIN in many places - dry skin - a bit scaly - and he has been intermitently rubbing against anything he finds. Pepper also rubs against anything he can find (stall doors, gates the fence etc..)
He does NOT have lice - I know what they look like - have experienced them with our minis in the past - and he does not have those.
Pepper - did none of this - he still looks like he has all winter. Has the full winter coat.
I would think that if Sage had mange or ringworm that both of the goats would have it.
They are fed the same diet - but I think Sage eats more of the baking soda. They get beet pulp, a little BOSS, goat pellets a little cracked corn - an occasional horse apple treat or peppermint treat - and alfalfa/timothy cubes and orchard grass hay. They have access free choice to the horse trace mineral blocks (the red ones) and the arm & hammer baking soda. Today I found a goat mineral/salt block at my local Tractor Supply (just started carrying those) so have added that to his diet - but we got that after he blew his coat.
He was last dewormed in December with Ivermectin - I dewormed them again on Saturday (after the blown coat).
Any ideas of what could be the cause? I am trying to find a goat vet in our area. Have not previously had any problems with the goats.
Right now I am using a topical sulphur based lotion on him that is good for skin problems -- he seems to like it - and especially enjoys my "rubbing it in".
My horse vet does not "do goats" - if I can find a vet I will take him to see him. Will search this week.
In the mean time - am open to suggestions.
Thanks for your help and input.
JJay
We have 2 wether boys around 3 years old- nigerian dwarf goats and they are twins (full brothers). One is a palomino like color and the other is a black pinto. They have very different hair coats - the black one has always had a very silky coat and the palomino one has always had a coarse coat. They are stalled together sharing water, hay but have separate feed buckets. They are tied up at meals so they each eat only their own "grain".
The palomino one is Sage the black pinto is Pepper.
We live in North Central KY. We have had pretty durn cold weather most of the winter. The last weekend of February was in the low teens at night and 20's - 30's during the day. The week following -- (this past week) - mid week I think - the weather suddenly turned WARM. 50's then 60's and 70's on Friday and Saturday.
Friday I came home from work finding that Sage had "blown his coat" - he let loose all the undercoat/winter hair all over his body - and a good bit of the regular coat along his back and down his hind legs - he has not finished shedding it out - but you could pull it out by the handfulls - by just rubbing your hand along it. He has BARE SKIN in many places - dry skin - a bit scaly - and he has been intermitently rubbing against anything he finds. Pepper also rubs against anything he can find (stall doors, gates the fence etc..)
He does NOT have lice - I know what they look like - have experienced them with our minis in the past - and he does not have those.
Pepper - did none of this - he still looks like he has all winter. Has the full winter coat.
I would think that if Sage had mange or ringworm that both of the goats would have it.
They are fed the same diet - but I think Sage eats more of the baking soda. They get beet pulp, a little BOSS, goat pellets a little cracked corn - an occasional horse apple treat or peppermint treat - and alfalfa/timothy cubes and orchard grass hay. They have access free choice to the horse trace mineral blocks (the red ones) and the arm & hammer baking soda. Today I found a goat mineral/salt block at my local Tractor Supply (just started carrying those) so have added that to his diet - but we got that after he blew his coat.
He was last dewormed in December with Ivermectin - I dewormed them again on Saturday (after the blown coat).
Any ideas of what could be the cause? I am trying to find a goat vet in our area. Have not previously had any problems with the goats.
Right now I am using a topical sulphur based lotion on him that is good for skin problems -- he seems to like it - and especially enjoys my "rubbing it in".
My horse vet does not "do goats" - if I can find a vet I will take him to see him. Will search this week.
In the mean time - am open to suggestions.
Thanks for your help and input.
JJay