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Sarah Eliassen
Our baby goat looks bloated, and is acting sluggish. Do I give her peppermint or what do you recommend?
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Sydney Alix
I’ve used activated charcoal for our kids when they get stomach upsets, have had great success with it. Maybe a herb that has been known to have carminative properties would be helpful as well (fennel, dill, chamomile, peppermint, parsley, etc.).
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Dana Milford
How would you give these herbs to the goat? Add dried to their feed? What about dosing?
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When giving herbs to our goats, I usually make a herbal “pill” by mixing molasses with the dried herb, and forming it into a ball. Usually they like it, but sometimes you will have to help persuade them to take it (i.e. put the pill at the back of their mouth, and hold their mouth shut until they chew and swallow it-yes, sometimes they are stubborn!).
If they are too sick or stubborn to take it, I will either make an herbal infusion or add the powder to water and get it down them with a big syringe. If you add a little blackstrap molasses, that can make it more appealing to them. Just watch out for their molars when using a syringe, because if they are mad, they will crunch down on it if they get the chance!
As far a dosing goes, Doc has some information on that topic at the beginning of this course (I know it’s definitely been helpful for me). Otherwise, I usually research a specific amount/dosage from one of my older herb books, or just approximate based off of weight and size (generally about 2-3tsp for adults, and 1tsp for kids of herbal powders).
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Dr. Patrick Jones
Yup. Good advice from Sydney. The Digestive Support formula often helps those kids if you want the easy button.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Katherine Stoker
I have had great success treating bloat with a baking soda drench (mixture of baking soda and water in a syringe that I squirt into their mouth). I have had one goat that I had to give vit b shots as well to kick start the rumen again (she broke into the chicken coop and ate copious amounts of chicken scratch). I do use herbs for other situations and agree with mixing them with molasses like mentioned here
When giving herbs to our goats, I usually make a herbal “pill” by mixing molasses with the dried herb, and forming it into a ball. Usually they like it, but sometimes you will have to help persuade them to take it (i.e. put the pill at the back of their mouth, and hold their mouth shut until they chew and swallow it-yes, sometimes they are stubborn!).
If they are too sick or stubborn to take it, I will either make an herbal infusion or add the powder to water and get it down them with a big syringe. If you add a little blackstrap molasses, that can make it more appealing to them. Just watch out for their molars when using a syringe, because if they are mad, they will crunch down on it if they get the chance!
As far a dosing goes, Doc has some information on that topic at the beginning of this course (I know it’s definitely been helpful for me). Otherwise, I usually research a specific amount/dosage from one of my older herb books, or just approximate based off of weight and size (generally about 2-3tsp for adults, and 1tsp for kids of herbal powders).
but I will smash the paste between 2 animal cookies and that seems to please even the pickiest ones lol!
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