Snotty Nose

[thaiblue12]

Well my little wether that I got at 2 and a half months old in poor condition is doing much better. His cord finally fell off at almost 3 months old. I got rid of the lice, cocci treated him, did his shots and etc. I have finally weaned him this week. He needed more so I did it until he was almost 5 months old. He wil be 5 months in 3 days and the weight tape says he is now 74 pounds. He does not look it to me. That is a 30 pound weight gain in 2 and a half months.
So all is good but the past two days, each morning I go to let him out of the barn/pen he has had a snotty nose. Not green, or yellow. Both mornings I gave him some kid's mucus relief and that seems to help. I also noticed that he is rubbing/biting one spot on his shoulder bald. We have had mosquitios really bad for the past week or so. I bought a bug zapper put it to the entrance of the barn and that has realy helped. Four times in an hour I have to beat them out of there it is so full of the nasty boogers.
Can they be causing him to get a runny nose? Eat his shoulder bald? Is he stressed because I weaned him? He is a bit spoiled so I would not put it past him. Do goats get seasonal allergies?

Here he is today looking much better:



The spot on his shoulder:

[Minelson]

Gretta had a spot like that on her shoulder too...can he reach it with his horn? I was afraid it was ringworm at first but then decided it wasn't (don't remember why) I think it was just dry skin and I have been feeding her BOSS and maybe that's why it went away. She is not nearly as scratchy, itchy as when I got her. I have also rubbed DE on her and in her bedding. She also came to me with a runny nose...clear. That just went away and since she was acting fine I didn't ever treat it. Chalked it up to stress from the move and getting used to "our" dust in the barn. Just some thoughts after reading your post.

[thaiblue12]

Well he has been here for almost 3 months and has been way spoiled so I can rule out stress. I have seen ringworm on a human but not on a goat. So I have no idea what it would look like. He can reach that area with his horn, hoof and mouth.
Alot of my goats are busy coughing. They have a big pit they made and roll around in the dirt kicking up dust. Makes you kind of nuts if you are wondering if they have an actual cough or are just bringing up cud or inhaling dust. So he has a runny nose but I have no idea if he has an actual cough with it.
I worry about him since he came to me in poor condition and had a few issues. He is a total sweetheart and I am not sorry I brought him home.

[Minelson]

He looks like a sweetheart! If he is eating, pooping and acting ok, I would think it's from the dust. Since he came to you in poor health it may take awhile for everything to straighten out. I had that with a cat I rescued...one thing after another for at least 6 months. You could put some salve on the spot on his shoulder...I like the Mollys herbal salve (works good on your own feet too!). He sure is a cutie pie