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Old 04/03/12, 06:02 PM
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Ok got to looking at Pawnee and I am not happy. She is looking thin(to me), has dandruff, coat is still good but she is having some hair loss on her ears, no lice. Eye lids are nice pink. She isn't behaving abnormal and has good appetite. Everyone else is doing well. Have a decent mineral 1350 copper, selenium, vit AD & E, unfortunately just grass hay baled here, goat feed. I stopped the BOSS since here its 25 for a bag.
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Old 04/03/12, 06:26 PM
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That is on the low side for copper. My minerals are 2200 PPM. Have you copper bolused her? If not I would try it, it cannot hurt.

Lonestrchick said that rice bran works like BOSS does, I have been giving it to mine here and there, I have not noticed much change but then again I have bolused them. They do like it which surprised me. I guess the one who I bought it for due to her ulcer would not touch it for various reasons, these guys mob me for it.

I also think someone said to drizzle a bit of vegetable oil over their food? I am not remembering that well so you might want to search
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Old 04/03/12, 06:37 PM
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I want to copper bolus everyone but the MFA looked at me weird when I asked them about it. Can't remember who on here sells it. Since most my goats are of the larger size its gonna take allot for the smaller pills, anyone sell the capsules for larger goats?
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I want to copper bolus everyone but the MFA looked at me weird when I asked them about it. Can't remember who on here sells it. Since most my goats are of the larger size its gonna take allot for the smaller pills, anyone sell the capsules for larger goats?
I was wondering that, too.
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Old 04/03/12, 08:07 PM
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I think LoneStrChic23 sells them for any size goat as well as the others(who I can't remember other than Cannon Farms but she's had surgery recently so not doing much) make them up according to the weight of your goats.

Check with some of them to make sure but I would think they do.
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