Kidney Stones In Goats
>2 June 2010
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A lady I was talking to recently told me that her goats, especially the males, would occasionally get kidney stones. I asked her how she could tell that they had it, and she replied that they would arch their backs up, and act like they had to use the bathroom, but just couldn’t. Sometimes they would even scream out in pain. She said that feeding them canned pumpkin always did the trick. I thought that was pretty interesting, and definitely worth remembering!
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I dont know if this is relavent or not, I dont have livestock, but Ive got a cat who has had kidney stones, and urinary infections a couple of times, and canned pupkin is good and so is canned chicken broth. I read where chicken broth is like a natural antibiotic and the broth also flushes their kidneys out. canned pupkin is good for sick cats who need a vitamin boost.
oh my! I have a 6 year old whether that arches his back sometimes like that, I will defiantly give him some tonight. thanks so much!
Hi, here in Finland they say that too much barley can cause kidney stones.
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And they care it with vitamin C.
Just mix C-vitamin with water. So many days that the symptoms go away.
That pumpkin is interesting.
Do you know is it only canned or could fresh help? (we don´t have canned pumpkin
I´m just pondering, can pumpikin prevent stones?
So, if I gave sometimes pumpkin to my ram (they get also easy kidney stones)he wouldn´t get any stones…
Kotiäiti,
Fresh pumpkin is very good for animals to eat. Chickens and pigs too! It’s also a natural de-wormer. I’ve never read about giving it to sheep, but I’d think if it’s good for goats it’s probably good for sheep too
Check into it!
I have a whether who has a stone now and I am so worried about him. I took him to the vet and he couldn’t get the penis out because the person I bought him from neutered him too early. (that’s where the stones likely form)The only thing they can do is surgery and then it’s just to bide some time in hopes the stones dissolve. I just ran out and tried to get him to eat the pumpkin but he wouldn’t have anything to do with it (my goats are very picky eaters for some reason). Is there anything I can mix with it that will make it more appealing to them? They won’t eat anything accept their grain, hay, bread and crackers, and of coarse the weeds. I only give an occasional cracker because I know they shouldn’t have much… Thanks for any help, I love my babies!
Celia,
Did you get canned pumpkin puree? If it were my goat, I’d try spreading some on a cracker and seeing if he would eat it like that. Good luck with it!!
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