Rescued Goat Kid needing home

Number of posts: 439 Age: 48 Registration date: 2009-11-04

Hi, one of our clients has found a little boy goat kid, apparently he is white with a curly coat... still had umbilical cord attached...
He was found on his own in the middle of nowhere in NSW, alone and weak...
They are doing the best they can but are unable to keep him as they do not have any land, they said he is quite happy going to sleep in your arms...
If someone is able to help by taking on this little boy, please let me know and I can PM their phone number...
Thanks,
Sue

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Subject: Re: Rescued Goat Kid needing home Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:00 pm

where is he located now?

Number of posts: 439 Age: 48 Registration date: 2009-11-04

He is in the northern suburbs, they may drop him off at our Smithfield or Willaston Clinics...

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Number of posts: 15 Registration date: 2009-09-22

I would take him but I am in Port Lincoln. Anyone coming this way and interested in dropping him off? let me know.

Number of posts: 786 Registration date: 2009-06-06

If he still has the umbilical cord attached he may need some colostrum URGENTLY.

Number of posts: 439 Age: 48 Registration date: 2009-11-04

I think this kid is probably a couple of days old, most likely the cord was dry, but not certain on this... Colostrum is most beneficial in the first 12-24hrs of their life... after that it does not have the same effect...

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Subject: Re: Rescued Goat Kid needing home Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:53 pm

Iam at lewiston and could pick him up. But would need a guide on how to care for a baby goat Very Happy

Subject: Re: Rescued Goat Kid needing home Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:01 pm

Damn good fences is the first guide

Number of posts: 439 Age: 48 Registration date: 2009-11-04

Hi Chestnutter, I have PM you...
Actually I havent found goats to be too bad with fences, so long as they are secure and the goat is happy, yes you will find the odd rogue one but its the same with sheep...

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Subject: Re: Rescued Goat Kid needing home Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:47 am

Sue surprised your not taking it, with your herd of animals lol...

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soozi5 wrote:

I think this kid is probably a couple of days old, most likely the cord was dry, but not certain on this... Colostrum is most beneficial in the first 12-24hrs of their life... after that it does not have the same effect...

Well, yes. And no.

If the mother was unwell (likely since the kid is lost) then her colostrum and milk may not have been up to par.

Colostrum isn't just about antibodies, it's also stuffed full of growth factors that initiate gut closure in the new born. So no or poor colostrum, and the gut doesn't close as fast as expected, so the antibodies still get absorbed. And even if they don't get absorbed, they still provide protection from ingested pathogens: which is always good, and doubly beneficial in the malnourished.

And if anyone is ever in dire need I still have some low heat treated powder (antibodies and growth factors still bioactive, not just nutritional) at home. No longer able to access it, so just an emergency supply if it can ever help.

Subject: Re: Rescued Goat Kid needing home Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:16 am

very hard to kill a goat ~ trust me i have tried ~ they are tough little buggers
we have brought many home from the station ~ as their mothers go on the trucks but they dont ~ to much trouble ~ so the old softy brings the buggers home ~ they are usually ~ between newborn 1 to a few hours old to a couple of days old
the husband is a sucker and buys kid and lamb milk powder ~ if they get the shits i put a teaspoon of dolomite in a bottle

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possum wrote:

very hard to kill a goat ~ trust me i have tried ~ they are tough little buggers
we have brought many home from the station ~ as their mothers go on the trucks but they dont ~ to much trouble ~ so the old softy brings the buggers home ~ they are usually ~ between newborn 1 to a few hours old to a couple of days old
the husband is a sucker and buys kid and lamb milk powder ~ if they get the shits i put a teaspoon of dolomite in a bottle

Aw Poss: that is lovely.

Very Happy

Number of posts: 439 Age: 48 Registration date: 2009-11-04

You sound a bit like me Pos, I end up taking all sorts in... I always end up the orphan, refugee or reject camp...
If you check out my menagerie you will under stand... The last thing I took in was a duck that one of our clients found in her front yard playing in her fountain... her dogs wanted to eat it, so she couldnt keep it, so into the clinic it came, into my car and off to my place, turns out "it" is a she, now sitting on eggs, my boys loved her...

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Number of posts: 471 Registration date: 2009-12-31

aww how did that little goat go?

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