Your goat coughs. Is it a good cough or a bad cough? A normal cough or a begin-to-be-worried-cough? Goat coughing can be normal and it can be a sign of something just not right in your goat. That’s what we are going to be exploring today.
This was a question asked by Josh. He said…
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“Hi, I recently purchased the goat binder and am the proud papa of 5 beautiful pretty young goats. Two are still on the bottle. WELL, I think one of my goats may have a cough. I’ve been looking through the binder (I did a search in the online version too) and I found where a cough is listed as a sick symptom but, I can’t find any info on what to do as a pretreatment before I consider a vet visit. She is acting fine, eating and playing with the others. No signs of being sick that I can tell EXCEPT it sounds like she gets something stuck in her throat every now and then almost like a dog or cat sounds like if the have a “fur ball”. We are just past the first month of being together so we are all still learning about each other. Two of my goats still run from me and won’t let me touch them yet. I’m assuming this takes time. Three of them do come to me especially when I’m bringing food. Unfortunately, the one that has the maybe cough is one of the ones that runs from me still. I have caught her and tried to get acquainted but she is still really skittish. I’m letting them take their time getting used to everything. So, is there anything I can do about this cough/fur ball sound? I know your not a vet but i’m looking for advise. Thank you!”
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Goat Coughing
Why Does My Goat Have a Cough?
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Your goat has a cough and you’re worried. I get it. I look at my goats with leary eyes sometimes wondering what’s going to pop up next. What new lesson I’m going to have to learn. I’ve gone through hefty lessons of learning how important minerals are for goats. And how absolutely essential copper is in a herd. And how to work through diagnosing sick goats.
And then they have to cough, which makes you stop and try to decide:
- was that a good cough?
- or a bad cough?
Normal Coughs in Goats: Goat Coughing Up Cud
You see, goats do cough. It’s normal, in fact. Goats chew their cud and to get that cud up, they cough it up! If you see or hear your goat cough and then look over and see them chewing their cud, then that cough was beneficial!
Other Reasons Goats Cough
Dust and Wind and Dusty or Moldy Hay
If your area is having a dusty and windy year or time of year, goats can be affected by that. We can go inside and get out of the wind and dust completely but our goats don’t have that leisure. If you are noticing that your goats are starting to cough and it’s pretty dusty outside, then you can most likely attribute your goat’s cough to it being too dusty.
You may also notice a goat start to cough if you are feeding moldy or dusty hay. You don’t want to feed goats moldy hay ever and if your hay is extremely dusty, consider wetting it down before feeding it to your goats if it seems to be a problem for them.
Allergies
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Goats also can have allergy issues, just like us humans can. When there are high pollen counts, this may be causing your goat to cough. So if you’ve ruled out that it’s not pneumonia, lungworms, a cold and your goat doesn’t have a temperature, then it’s most likely allergies.
You can give goats a product like Benedryl to help them with any allergies they have. 
Eating and Drinking Too Fast
The other day at lunch I swallowed wrong and had a coughing fit. Those are so annoying, aren’t they? Like, why did I just choke on that? How silly!
Well, our goats can do the same thing. Simply eating and drinking too fast can cause them to cough.
Sick Coughs in Goat
But if your goat is displaying signs of a cough that also is accompanied by a temperature and a goat acting sick, then you need to pay attention and act quickly.
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