Warning about kissing your goats....

KnowOneSpecial · #1 07/21/12, 10:46 PM

So due to the drought my sweet Boer/Comic Relief goatie has decided to eat down some fence row weeds. She found a part of the fence that had rotted away and made a hole big enough for her and a couple of my Snubians to waltz through.

We work pretty hard to keep no-no weeds and poison weeds off our property. However, we live next door to a school and since school is out and they cut "unnecessary" things in the budget like weed control. Their property is pretty big and their back fence row is pretty weedy.

So three days ago I noticed my goats were out back helping the school and their weed problem. I whistled and my goaties came running. (OK, so I whistled while holding a bucket of sweet feed, but I like to think they came because they like ME, not the feed!) Since they came promptly I scratched chins and even let two of them give me goat kisses. When they do that they try to nibble on my hair and glasses.

Well not 2 hours after they got out I couldn't figure out why my face was burning. Sure enough, the school has poison ivy and my sweet little goaties shared it with me! Isn't that nice of them?! I have red oozing blisters all around the edges of my face.

Now I have to figure out a way to tell the school that they have poison ivy without looking like a doofy goat owner!

CarolT · #2 07/22/12, 01:03 AM

I'd just say my goats got out and headed their way, oh, and I noticed they had poison oak there as I got them back in and, since children might be in the area, you thought you needed to let them know...

Backfourty,MI. · #3 07/22/12, 05:08 AM

Ooooh No! I sure hope you heal up quickly & the blisters go away without a lot of itching!

Cliff · #4 07/22/12, 05:54 AM

Buy some Zanfel. Used is many ER's... gets rid of the itch well and fast and gets rid of the pi in a couple days. It's expensive. Sold in drugstores.

Sorry abt your face

Worst place to get it.

The Tinker · #5 07/22/12, 06:54 AM

For the poison, lavender/oatmeal goat's milk soap (lye soap, not glycerin) works pretty well. Soothes the itch and dries out the blisters and the oil. As to the school, I'd just call the department of education. They can't tell what you look like over the phone, lol.

KSALguy · #6 07/22/12, 02:02 PM

if your in a drought and fresh green forage is hard to come by, and if the school yard is fenced i would let them eat as much as they want (with out getting kisses,) before school comes back, and then tell the school about the poison ivy problem, why miss out on a good free food source in the drought? just dont get kisses and if your milking be sure and wipe them down really well with dawn dish soap/bleach mix (waterd down) to keep it from spreading to you,

silverseeds · #7 07/22/12, 02:08 PM

Ouch!

Try fels naphta bar laundry soap for the PI. Very cheap, and effective. Takes the sting out of it. Dries it up fast. Ive used everything around for PI, for me anyway it was the best, while also strangely being the cheapest. Heck you can spot treat clothing with it to after you clear up!

Pony · #8 07/22/12, 02:50 PM

Tecnu Soap.

Nick used to work for the Forest Preserve, and had his share of run-ins with the nasty weed. He swears by Tecnu!

Sherry in Iowa · #9 07/22/12, 02:52 PM

Oh my..they DO love to share, don't they? I sure hope you are feeling better soon.

SueMc · #10 07/22/12, 03:35 PM

I thought I was the only one! Years ago my favorite/best doe gave me her usual kisses and I also ended up poison ivy on my neck and lower face. The best or worst part of it was having to explain it!
I sure wish the old girl was still here. She could kiss me all she wanted!

silverseeds · #11 07/22/12, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pony

Tecnu Soap.

Nick used to work for the Forest Preserve, and had his share of run-ins with the nasty weed. He swears by Tecnu!

That WAS my favorite until I found the fels naphta!! the bar laundry soap works better for me and is way cheaper.

Minelson · #12 07/22/12, 03:45 PM

Reminds me of when I was teaching Frankie and Flossie how to kiss. I would hold a raisin between my lips and I would say kiss! and let them take it out..
That night I discovered something weird on Frankie's lip. Come to find out it was Orf aka sore mouth disease. Contagious of course. If I got it from him I did see any signs of it. Nobody else got it either...cleared up in about 2 weeks.
And yes I am still using the same method to teach Tinker and Pony how to kiss

Warning about kissing your goats.... - Goats

nzw tom · #13 07/22/12, 09:32 PM

iboiled cut firewood and get poison ivy too often. after trying everything in the store, I finally found out the best cure. The native Americans treated poison ivy with jewel weed. I grows like crazy in Michigan (wet low areas). I picked fresh jewel weed, chopped up the leaves, stems and flowers. I boiled it in water for 30 minutes and made a tea. I cooled the tea down and applied it 3 times the first day and 2 times the second day. It cured the poison ivy. Works on poison oak and rashes also.