How to Use Clorox Bleach on Goat Hooves
Treat your goat well, and your goat will treat you back. Raising goats can lead to useful products such as milk or even meat, if the animals are properly kept. Goats also make nice pets. Regardless of why you keep goats, they can be prone to disease if you don't keep them clean and well-fed. Goats that are exposed to wet and muddy pens, for example, can develop foot rot, a disease that is characterized by smelly and rotting hoof tissue or other foot-related disorders. These are often treated by applying Clorox bleach to the goat's hooves.
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Instructions
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Secure the goat in a stanchion, making sure that the gate is securely closed and latched.
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Trim the goat's hooves with the hoof trimmers. Trim any overgrown hoof wall tissue until it is flush with the rest of the hoof. Trim the heels and dewclaws of the goat, if necessary. Trim away any obviously dead or rotted tissue. Stop trimming when pink tissue is apparent, as clipping a blood vessel can cause bleeding.
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Place the Clorox bleach in the small bucket or large tin can, filling the container high enough to completely submerse the goat's hoof.
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Lift the goat's affected leg and place the hoof into the bucket or can. Soak for several minutes.
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Repeat the process with each affected hoof. Do this at least once a day until the hoof is healed.
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Release the goat from the stanchion, isolating it from healthy goats, if possible, to avoid the spread of foot rot or other contagious disease.
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Tips & Warnings
Hoof rot can also be mitigated with an application of hydrogen peroxide.
Treating goat hooves with Clorox bleach is more effective if the infection is mild.
Goats that remain in a wet and muddy environment may remain resistant to your efforts despite persistent use of the Clorox bleach treatment.
References
- Photo Credit goat image by Harvey Hudson from Fotolia.com
