Goats are wonderful farm animals and also make great pets. Goats are perfectly suited for natural treatments for the health afflictions they deal with; they are instinctive herbalists!
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a great natural remedy for goats. It is helpful for digestive disturbances. People sometimes need a little coaxing to try baking soda. Goats however will readily lick up a goodly amount of baking soda if they have an upset stomach. If you have several goats and one of them has loose stools you can put a dish of baking soda in the goat barn and the goat with loose stools will go straight for it. The other goats will leave it alone. It is best to have baking soda out free choice for goats; it allows them to regulate their digestion as needed.
Goats in the wild are much less likely to have difficulty with parasites, a common problem in farm goats. Goats who have access to bushes and trees to browse upon instinctively eat anti-parasitic plants, like honeysuckle and mugwort. Goats really weren't meant to graze like cows. If they end up eating a lot of grass they have much more exposure to the ground and therefore to parasites in the soil.
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