Failure to Thrive

suzyhomemaker09 · #21 07/12/10, 07:04 AM

OK and now to toss in something another breeder told me about recently...
Was news to me as I'd never heard of it.

http://www.goatworld.com/articles/g6s.shtml

beccachow · #22 07/12/10, 11:19 AM

"As stated above, research shows that 25% of Nubians carry the defective G-6-S gene. Almost all of these are carriers, since most of the affected animals which are born would be culled, and the rest die early. Most people find it surprising that something which is in one quarter of the population can have escaped notice for so long. However, random matings in such a population would result in only one out of sixteen being carrier to carrier, and only one quarter of the kids from these breedings would be affected. Thus only one kid in sixty-four (1.6%) would be affected. Given the variable and obscure symptoms of G-6-S affected kids, it really is understandable that most Nubian breeders believe that they have never encountered affected kids."

YIKES!!!! Suzy posted a very interesting article, the above is a quote.

thaiblue12 · #23 07/12/10, 11:50 AM

Good for you get tough

Wethers should not have grain and feel free to email her the links below:

http://fiascofarm.com/goats/stones.htm

http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/ar...calculi06.html

Can't you ask to buy him, since he seems to be yours anyway?
I would have gotten angry when you threw everything at him but the kitchen sink and then they take him for more "intensive treatment" and comes back a skeleton. Without you the poor guy would probably be dead by now.
Good Luck with him. Hope you find a good goat vet, they are not easy to find.

mekasmom · #24 07/12/10, 12:16 PM

I would be testing for CAE.

Sometimes there are just birth defects that cause failure to thrive. It just comes from a weak line or the goat itself isn't healthy genetically. It's just the way life is sometimes. If none of your other goats are having issues, then you can assume this one has something wrong with it that has nothing to do with feeding or worming. I would just assume CAE or a defect in the goat itself.

beccachow · #25 07/12/10, 12:20 PM

Oh dear...mekasmom, that would stink so badly. I seem to recall when we brought him to the property that a mention was made of negative CAE. But I don't fully recall.

Thai, I was livid. I ended up giving the other girl meds I had already been giving him. I had been on vacation and was seeing him up to 4 times per day, she worked and saw him twice per day. Whatever....these people are definitely not the kind to take advice from me, though I have been researching my butt off on everything for over a year and a half now.