Anyone Ever Give Their Goats a bath?

[allanimals21]

I was wondering if anyone here has ever given their goats a bath. My two older ones are just really really dusty and dry. My new lil guy just smells really bad. I was wondering if you have what did you use for shampoo/soap? I use baby shampoo for the dogs. Would that work?

 

[redhen]

Good luck!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I used to bathe Cupid and Archer (my bottle bucks a few years ago) all the time. I'd just cross-tie them and scrub them down with Dawn. They would get sooo stinky, I couldn't stand to be around them.
They didn't seem to mind it too much, hahaha!

Lisa

 

[chels23]

I usually just brush mine out. There is no way mine would ever let me give them a bath! Buck smells are hard to get rid of, so I'm not sure that baby shampoo would work. I have to use soap and toothpaste just to get the smell off my hands.

 

[Rowanm77]

I rescued a goat from the livestock auction on Tuesday and he was covered in diarrhea and fleas so I gave him a bath with dog flea shampoo and he took the bath just fine. Smells better now too!

 

[allanimals21]

ok...well maybe I will just use the oatmeal flea shampoo I have? They dont have fleas that I can tell but it couldnt hurt could it? or dawn? or baby shampoo. I don't think the restraining them will be too hard. Bottle wether, smaller doe, and really really small buckling. lol

 

[TMNTCkins]

We use to bath our goats for shows. They didn't seem to mind but they were use to it. We used our horse shampoo. Have fun!

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

You can use horse or dog shampoo and if they have long hair - conditioner. Some of our goats didn't mind having a bath now and then and some goats really hated it. Good Luck and have fun with your goats - they are wonderful little creatures.