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RE: Goat hoof-trimming and copper-bolusing: This is how we do it!
I didn't see this comment when I looked earlier for some reason...
Personally , I would much rather they get their copper from their loose minerals. I have yet to find a bagged mineral that does it though... Maybe I need to look online and buy a fancy expensive one...
Giving copper boluses is annoying, they hate it and I dont like it much either.
Im curious, how is trimming sheeps' hooves more difficult? I have almost no sheep experience. I assumed it would be pretty much the same thing. I recently bought a baby lamb and will eventually have to do her feet too. (Was supposed to do it with everyone elses, but she had come down with a case of new-home-stress scours, and I sure wasnt holding her on my lap with a runny butt.)
It is the same process, just the sheep are larger and they like humans less. Of course, I got mine as adults and the transport was kinda traumatic for one of them. Wrestling a 100# plus animal is not my favorite thing, though.
Oh okay, LOL! Well, hopefully, with this lamb being bottle fed and totally lovable and tame, she will cooperate better... Hopefully!