Quest horse wormer for goats??

southerngurl · #21 01/09/12, 07:10 PM

Yes 1 cc Per 100lbs.

Ark · #22 01/09/12, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by southerngurl

Yes 1 cc Per 100lbs.

LOL, thank YOU!!

where I want to · #23 01/10/12, 02:36 AM

I use Quest Plus occasionally and Quest too. I use 3 ml syringes and squirt it into the syringe, squirting any excess into the next syringe til the measure is right.
I don't think that mixing it is an issue as the product is mixed in huge amounts commercially, not for each syringe. If it wasn't thoroughly mixed ( and being a gel, mixing is not mechanical anyway,), then probably the whole syringe would be a problem anyway- not that I think that is at all likely.

JDog1222 · #24 04/05/14, 05:45 PM

What do you do if you DO happen to overdose an adult doe??? Say give them 5cc when they should have gotten more like 1cc???

Thanks

harvestmoonfarm · #25 04/05/14, 10:47 PM

Ivermectin is given to people in third-world countries all the time, so I have no problem giving it to a lactating doe and then using her milk 3 or so days later.

wintrrwolf · #26 04/05/14, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JDog1222

What do you do if you DO happen to overdose an adult doe??? Say give them 5cc when they should have gotten more like 1cc???

Thanks

Watch closely, give probios, maybe some plain yogurt...but should be fine

southerngurl · #27 04/06/14, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JDog1222

What do you do if you DO happen to overdose an adult doe??? Say give them 5cc when they should have gotten more like 1cc???

Thanks

I would have given charcoal, but at this pint it's too late for that. Hopefully her system can handle it. Would avoid any chems for a while and giving doe liver herbs wouldn't hurt. I know someone who od'd one about that much and the goat was ok.

JDog1222 · #28 04/07/14, 10:41 AM

Thanks, everyone, she is fine. Most of the horse wormers say to give 4x's the amount to goats...so that's what I did, forgetting that quest was just the 1cc per 100lb.

weendogmom · #29 02/07/15, 07:59 AM

Old thread, I know, but I am considering using quest on my 4 prego does. They are all between a few weeks to 3 months pregnant right now. I can't afford to buy the Moxidectin for sheep/cattle - not cost effective for a herd of 8 goats.

Any issues from members with pregnancy? Abortion, birth defects? etc? The MSDS for it lists it as a mutagenic.

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punchiepal · #30 02/07/15, 10:20 AM

I have used Quest during pregnancy with no effects that I saw. That said, if at all possible no wormer should be used the first 45 days.

**mygoat** · #31 02/07/15, 10:41 AM

It is not likely that you will see ill effects if used in pregnant animals. If it is mutagenic that can mean only during a VERY short window in fetal development, however (I would say most likely at an overdose rate, but I'm not a toxicologist) most people avoid doing anything during pregnancy that isn't absolutely necessary. What I would ask is do they NEED to be dewormed now? why is it you would like to deworm them? Rarely in a strategic deworming program should you deworm all animals. I avoid doing anything to my does during pregnancy unless I have to. The *only* time I deworm on a 'schedule' is when they kid out, they are given a dose of moxidectin orally. I repeat later as needed per fecals.

I would like to make mention of the 'no withdrawal in dairy animals' posted above in an older post. In case anybody is wondering, that is for the POUR ON application, not oral or injectable. Oral and injectable are NOT approved for dairy cattle because of withdrawal reasons. The pour on is also not approved to give orally to any animal ant the carrier may affect it's duration in the body as well.

Frosted Mini's · #32 02/08/15, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mygoat

The pour on is also not approved to give orally to any animal ant the carrier may affect it's duration in the body as well.

Besides, it smells like gasoline, and surely burns their poor insides! I will not use pour on internally for my goats!

southerngurl · #33 02/09/15, 02:45 PM

It's not approved to give to goats at all for that matter. The pour on is not safe to give that way to a goat, their skin is not nearly as thick as a cow.

Frosted Mini's · #34 02/09/15, 09:47 PM

I just use Quest-same active ingredient. You could also use the sheep oral stuff but it's a much larger dose.