Sick Goat

[Nanno]

Your feed store should carry probiotics made for goats, but some folks use yogurt with live cultures. I don't think yogurt is quite as good, but it's better than nothing. Probiotics are the good bacteria that make the rumen work. When your goat gets sick, stressed, or is on medication, the rumen can become full of the wrong bacteria. Antibiotics can kill not only bad bacteria, but the good bacteria as well. When you give your goat probiotics, you're replacing the good bacteria so the rumen can begin to function again.