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Assessment of your Goat:
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1. Always start by taking your goats temperature! The normal temperature range for a goat is 101.5 to 103.5
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2. Check your goats Famacha score to ensure it is within a normal, healthy range.
***Be aware a low or high temperature can alter your goats famacha score.***
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3. Observe and check your goat.
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Can you hear a rumen sound? Is your goat chewing cud?
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Is your goat peeing normally? If you are assessing a billy or buckling is the pee a strong steady stream or a dribble?
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Are they pooping normal goat berries? If not what is the color and consistency of the goats poop?
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Is your goat lethargic? How is your goat walking?
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Is your goat grinding their teeth?
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Is your goat showing signs of respiratory distress? Looks for signs of difficulty breathing, fast respiration's, acting agitated, etc.
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Is your goat choking and/or coughing? Does your goat have eye and/or nasal discharge – if so, color and consistency?
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Can you see visible bugs on skin (lice or ticks for example)?
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Do they have scaly/crusty, flaky/dry skin, un-normal skin color (greyish or yellowish hue)?
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Do you see abrasions or open wounds on your goat?
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Is your goats eye twitching? Is your goat acting blind?
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Did he/she eat something they shouldn’t have (plants, leaves, chicken feed, etc.)?