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08-20-2014, 06:42 PM
Dairy quality alfalfa. 20-24% protein. Add ammonium chloride to his loose mineral mix and if you feel the need can give him 1 1/2 table spoons over a small amount of grain every couple of weeks. This is how Legion gets so big.
A note about CAE. The knees are not inflamed. They are growing abnormal bone growth. The same way arthritis effects peoples knuckles. An inflammatory will work less and less. Also you can never use him as a packer. It would be the same asking someone with arthritis to use a keyboard all day or to do some kind of gripping. Once CAE starts to show it will get progressively worse. A few months of limping will turn into limping and holding the most severely effected front leg off the ground. Within a year to two the knee joint often fuses together. This will give the animal releaf from the pain of a moving joint, but making it much more difficult to lay down and stand. Also, if your other goat isnt CAE positive, you runs a risk of it becoming so if they are penned together. Especially if they like to butt heads. If a wound is opened up or a scur broken, transmission is highly likely.
A note about CAE. The knees are not inflamed. They are growing abnormal bone growth. The same way arthritis effects peoples knuckles. An inflammatory will work less and less. Also you can never use him as a packer. It would be the same asking someone with arthritis to use a keyboard all day or to do some kind of gripping. Once CAE starts to show it will get progressively worse. A few months of limping will turn into limping and holding the most severely effected front leg off the ground. Within a year to two the knee joint often fuses together. This will give the animal releaf from the pain of a moving joint, but making it much more difficult to lay down and stand. Also, if your other goat isnt CAE positive, you runs a risk of it becoming so if they are penned together. Especially if they like to butt heads. If a wound is opened up or a scur broken, transmission is highly likely.