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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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  • sandra said:

    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.

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