Unfortunately when you have animals, accidents and illnesses can happen when you least expect them.  We live in a very rural area and have had horses, sheep, cows, dogs, cats chickens for many years before Pygmy Goats, so a well stocked First Aid box has always been essential on the farm to be able to respond quickly and effectively to treat minor injuries or to stabilize an animal in an emergency until the vet arrives.

The main additions to the First Aid box for our Pygmy Goats has been the Vitamin B Complex, Thiamine and Baking Soda.

I have everything packed in a big plastic Stanley toolbox on wheels that is easy to roll out into the paddock if needed.

Kidding Kit

All these items except the last two have always been part of our lambing/calving kit, but a friend suggested the insulated shopping bag as a make-shift humicrib which I thought was a great idea, along with laminated charts with goat vitals and malpresented kids in case we have any that we havn’t had to deal with before.

Vet Lube

Heat/Cold pack

Baby Nasal Aspirator

Lamb snare/Kid puller

Mylanta

Keto-Stix

Dental Floss

Molassas

Old towels and sheets

CMPK (4 in 1) Flopak

Insulated Shopping bag (humidicrib)

Laminated goat vitals and kidding charts (malpresentations)