07/01/2026
This is your friendly reminder to ALWAYS make sure to keep a good first aid kit on hand for yourself and your animals.
This little Sweet Pea found herself a choke cherry sprout this evening. If you aren’t familiar with choke cherries, they are extremely toxic to goats. The bark and leaves contain cyanide so you can imagine what happens to a goat when ingested. That happened to Sweet Pea. We had just put up the other goats and brought her to come inside for dinner. She had kinda wandered off in an area that we had gone through before but apparently not good enough. When I called her over she seemed kinda off, the kids and I were all chatting with my husband when we noticed her start acting really off. Little stumbly and clacking her mouth like something nasty was in there. I told my husband I think she might’ve eaten something. No sooner did I get the words out then she started foaming at the mouth. My oldest daughter (her owner) grabbed the activated charcoal, got a dose of that down her, she instantly started feeling better. Followed up with a dose of electrolytes and vitamin b. I think that little thing is going to be just fine but boy, does that give ya a scare!
So if you’re still reading, go peek at your medical supplies, make sure they’re stocked and ready to go. You just never know when you might need it.
