Goat Info

[Rio and Me]

I replyed to your post in dog general?.
I have two golden gurnesys castrated billys.
They are so much fun to own.
They do eat anything (me included) so well made shelter is needed (they do love shelter),
there hooves need trimming around every 3 weeks (depending on the ground there on, (Its easy to do yourself, just get them used to being tied up and handled), their hooves and similar to humans, as not to cut to short, if they bleed purple spay solves that.
I two bottle feed my two, however they didnt cry for me as they had each other.
I feed mine cool mix (its horse feed) in the summer as they have lots of lush grass, any scraps like crarrot/potato peel (any veggie really) mine love the odd tea bad,lol
in the winter they get goat mix (non expensive) lots of hay and staw, they hate cold water.
I never teatherd mine as thay hated it, so i had collors (dog) with tags on as they did run off time to time, (as they say the grass is greener on the other side)
pm me for any info.
as for names one was billy (for obvious reasons) and the other was leo, i taught them to come when called, they lived with 5 horses no probs (they were part of the herd, they ate together, ran together played together, they were like mini ponys,lol)
as for the dog thing, it depends on the dog, Rio learned the hard way and stered clear after that, but if your not sure dont risk it
Ky and Rio

[puppydoggirl21]

hi
yes you have already replied and thanks for replying again! that is some good advice i even took some notes so that i would not forget what you told me lol thanks!
Leann

[RubyMutt]

Welcome to Pet Talk!

Probably about 5 years ago I used to volunteer at a petting zoo. I worked mostly with bottle feeding baby goats. I fell in love with goats. My favorite breed is Oberhaslis, but I adore Pygmies as well. Meh... I love all goats in general I have never owned a goat of my own (I just don't have the right type of yard).

Since I've never *owned* a goat of my own I probably can't give you too much advise. However, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do as much research as you can before you bring those goats into your home. It's not a smart idea to buy an animal (especially an animal that takes so much work - like a goat) with no previous knowledge about it. Good luck to you! Goats are wonderful animals. So sweet, hilarious personalities... they're great. Please post photos of your pygmies when they come home!

[Fox-Gal]

Originally posted by Rio and Me
there hooves need trimming around every 3 weeks (depending on the ground there on, (Its easy to do yourself, just get them used to being tied up and handled), their hooves and similar to humans, as not to cut to short, if they bleed purple spay solves that.


I two bottle feed my two, however they didnt cry for me as they had each other.

I can't belive I forgot about trimming their hooves, gald you didn't. Bad me.

How do you luck out not getting your bottle feed baby to not cry for you, mine drove me nuts at times. As soon as he see me the crying would start. Even now 2 years late, he still calls for me, even with the other 2 around. I always seem to get the needy pets.

[Rio and Me]

Well I kept them I my field behind the house, as soon as they saw me walking up with the bottle thats when they cryed,lol, I spent allot of time around the yard so I guess they got the message that i wasnt going to feed them everytime.lol.
I think bottle feeding/feeding in general makes them tamer.
Ky and Rio