We went to our friend's house to pick up the goats in the Expedition. Now, we have been struggling with hoof rot, hoof scald, and lice at their house. Because we didn't have a trailer to quarantine the goats in for a few days (and hubby refused to let them stay in the car that long), we had to do our best to treat as we moved them.
To this end, we cleaned and treated their hooves as we loaded them into the car. We treated their hooves again when we got to the house. And we treated for lice the minute they were out of the car. Permethrin really stinks so I didn't want it in the car.
Here is the video of the goaties unloading to their new home.
By the way, we tried a new procedure for delousing this time. Because I usually use Eprinex Pour-On, I had to do some searching to find the correct dosage for Permethrin - what I had bought at the store, thinking that is what I always use. I mixed Permethrin 10% at a 1:2 ratio with vegetable oil. That brought the percentage down to 2.5%. I saw several references to 1% and several to 5%. I figured 2.5% was a good compromise (and an easy ratio to convert). With a small syringe, I poured no more than 1.5cc's of the mix down the spine of each adult goat, and about .75cc's for each little one.
NOTE: AFTER TALKING WITH THE VET, WE LEARNED THAT USING PERMETHRIN AT FULL STRENGTH IS JUST FINE FOR GOATS.
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