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I have a friend who owns a petting zoo/pony ride business. I sometimes help her with it. She has six goats and one sheep, all kept together. The photo at the top of this article reminds me of them. They all look in the same direction at the same time and move around together like a school of fish. They're fun to be around, very entertaining and quite the conversationalists! They love to nibble on just about anything they can get their mouths on, which I guess is where they got the reputation of eating everything!
Goats have a higher need for certain Vitamins than some farmyard animals; the name is *Vitamin B-Complex(for Goats)*;
LOOKING FOR HELP WITH DISEASE IN GOATS,I HAVE 1 GOAT THAT GOT IT ,WHEN HE TURNED 5 YEARS OLD.VET SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR THIS.CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ADVICE ON THIS.HE IS A GREAT PET.
I would recommend finding a "Country" Vet, a Vet who works with farm animals more than Cats & Dogs. They will be more likely to have experience with Goats & your particular issues. This may mean you have to travel further than you want to get a proper diagnosis & treatment.
Goats have a higher need for certain Vitamins than some farmyard animals; the name is *Vitamin B-Complex (for Goats)*; found in whole grains + rice bran;
I have a neighbor who owned a goat that had CAE very early on and lived to be at least 12 years old with very few symptoms. I hope your goat has an easy go of this, too.
We feel for you and your pet. Goats can be afflicted by many kinds of diseases and the challenge is that many diseases resemble one another. We can really only suggest that you bring your goat under the supervision of a goat health specialist.
Don't think you can have just one goat as a pet.... they are herd animals and need companionship of some sort or they scream all the time!
found this out the hard way... anything else will work... from another goat, chickens, llamas or even a friendly outside dog!
The upside to a solitary goat, unfortunately... is that they are delicious...
This article is about PET goats. You mention eating them. You are the definition of TROLL.
No he's not. He's simply stating that if it doesn't work out, there's a relatively simply "solution" to having one goat over having many, even if that "solution" doesn't fit your tastes.
We had two pet geese growing up. When they started becoming a nuisance around the house, they ended up in the stew pot. An animal isn't magically different just because you designate it as a "pet".