So, what's in your goat medicine chest?

[mrs oz]

As you all know, Oz and I just got our goats, so I'm still figuring things out. Would love to know what you all think the "must haves" are to have on hand at all times. Thanks in advance!!

[prairiedog]

I have Banamine,Antibiotics,Thiamine,B complex,SubQ fluids,Epi,BoSe,CMPK,Lute and Oxy,wormers,Copper boluses.Wound spray vet wrap staple gun

[Alice In TX/MO]

Yes. All those. I buy hypodermics by the box of 100. 3 cc size and 12 cc size.

Peroxide, alcohol, cotton pads, rags/wash cloths, Thiamine, Triple Antibiotic ointment, 16 ounce Pepsi bottles and Pritchard nipples, Chlorhexadrine sanitizer, paper towels, blue shop towels, Red Cell supplement, rectal thermometer, kid tube kit (for emergency feeding).

More as I think of it.

[bee]

staple gun!!!???

I should not read these threads..I will be worrying about every cough, sneeze and bleat.

I know no-one gets on here every day to say how wonderfully healthy their goats are..it is the illnesses and accidents that get discussed. I just sometimes wonder how goats survive without us to care for them..makes me also wonder how goats got in the top three for animals that successfully go feral with ease!

[Alice In TX/MO]

Not dairy goats going feral, I'm sure! Daggum hot house flowers!

I love them anyway.

I have no idea what one uses a staple gun for with goats.

[Backfourty,MI.]

C & D Antitoxin & activated charcoal are really important if your goats eat something they shouldn't have, it could save them. The Antitoxin is also great if one of them gets cut badly even if they are up to date on thei CD & T vaccines (which is different than the antitoxin).

The things Alice & Judy listed are good also. It's amazing the things you'll end up with in your cabinet in no time. My goats now have a big drawer in my hoozier cabinet & the top cupboard section of the hoozier cabinet & Dh put a cabinet up in the barn for me too. Oh, & some things are stored in my fridge.

[Goat Servant]

My vet gave me a staple gun & remover. It was one of those things vet cant re-use elewhere. Buck got his ear ripped up real good. Rather than have him knocked out for sutures I opted to have it stapled.
Now just in case you're imagining a regular stapler you use for papers or construction it's not quite the same as it's made for medical.

[thaiblue12]

My must haves are:
CD&T
Probios
Activated Charcoal
Pepto Bismol
PenG
Biomycin
Vet wrap
Vitamin B complex
BoSe

You do not need lute, oxy or CMPK right now since you do not have a buck nor are the girls bred. I also would not buy a huge thing of copper boluses for 3 doelings. in the Spring you can buy 3 from Cannon Farms but until then I would make sure they have a good loose mineral with lots of copper and low salt. It can be a cattle mineral since goat is hard to find. No blocks since they cannot get enough of it.

I have lots more goat stuff, you accumlate it over time but that is what I can think of off the top of my head.

[julieq]

Tetanus antitoxin, CDT, B injectibles, Probios paste and granules, Blue Kote wound spray, propylene glycol, calcium paste, blood stop powder, saline eye wash, gentamycin eye drops, goat Nutridrench, ammonium chloride and a variety of injectible antibiotics.

Those are some, can't remember everything else, but that's a good start.

[mrs oz]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! I've got quite a list of things to get!

[julieq]

Forgot to add epinephrine to the list...

[ne prairiemama]

Glad you asked this!