Goats eating tobacco

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  1. Sep 13, 2004 #1
    TwoAcresAndAGoat

    TwoAcresAndAGoat Well-Known Member

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    :eek: Does anyone know if tobacco is bad for goats.


    My sister's goats got into her tobacco. Elizabeth ate at least 4 leaves (Uncured) and both the kids ate at least a part of a leaf.
     
    TwoAcresAndAGoat, Sep 13, 2004
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  3. Sep 14, 2004 #2
    bare

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    They'll be ok. I used to have to really watch my goats, 'cause they'd swipe my rolling tobacco and eat it. They didn't care for the butts, probably because of the odor, but they purely loved to chew tobacco, package and all.

    They were grain hogs, but would come quicker if they saw me rolling a smoke.
     
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  5. Sep 14, 2004 #3
    AnnaS

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    might actually be good for them- my grandparents used to worm their goats with chewing tobacco.
     
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  6. Sep 14, 2004 #4
    GoatTalkr9

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    The first few years we had goats,we wormed with tobacco. It works fine and doesn't hurt the goats.
     
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  7. Sep 14, 2004 #5
    ajaxlucy

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    Just curious -- how do you worm with tobacco?
     
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  8. Sep 14, 2004 #6
    uncle Will in In.

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    Does your goat milk taste kinda like a spitoon lately??
     
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  9. Sep 14, 2004 #7
    GoatTalkr9

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    My husband would give them a "poke"..a handful. Within a few hours,it was working,and the goats loved the tobacco. And noooo..it doesn't affect milk flavor. We've come into the 20th century and use Cydectin and Ivermec now though. :p
     
    GoatTalkr9, Sep 14, 2004
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  10. Jan 22, 2005 #8
    sbfarmer

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    I've talked with a few people lately about using tobacco to de-worm...how much do you give the goats for that?

    Poke sounds even better...it's one of our more pesky weeds here, and it would be nice to have a use for it :).
     
    sbfarmer, Jan 22, 2005
    sbfarmer, Jan 22, 2005