AniMed (One Size) - Powder 99.9-Percent Ammonium Chloride for Horses Dogs Cats Cows Sheep and Goats, 1.1kg

I use this to prevent urinary calculi in my wether goat. He is 4 years old and had no issues, so pulsing this for the first five days of each month seems to be working.

My animals love it, it goes fantastically in marinades, candies and all foods for animals of course hahaha

I was recommended this product by my vet following the death of one of my beloved pygmy goats due to urinary stones. I am treating my remaining whethers with this to hopefully prevent them getting stones. The vet warned me the powder is quite unpallatable to the goats so I administer it to them in a treacle sandwich and they gobble it up without a problem, in fact they go mad for the sandwiches! The powder arrived ahead of the scheduled delivery date. Fingers crossed it works.

Wir benutzen es weil unser Ziegenbock Harnsteine hat um den Urin anzusäuern und die Steine aufzulösen. Hat super funktioniert. Er kann wieder Urin absetzen. Verdünnt in Tee trinkt er es auch sehr gerne von alleine :-)

~~ MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PRODUCT WAS WITH GOATS ONLY ~~ If you have goats, especially wethers, this is a MUST supplement and I wish I had known more about it, when I first got my castrated male baby goats. Please get some and keep it on hand, it could be a lifesaver sometime -- For emergency dosing or as a daily supplement as a preventive measure. AniMed Powder 99.9-Percent Ammonium Chloride was the best price and fastest shipping I could find and I was very happy to have found it. It comes in a heavy duty re-closable container that keeps the product clean and dry. I cannot stress enough that if you have goats, especially males, this is a MUST to have on hand. More about my experience below. My awesome male goats, Poncho & Lefty, were castrated at a young age because they originally were to be meat goats so it didn't matter if their urethra's didn't mature to full size. I rescued them, but had no idea the heartbreak that was a head of me. When Lefty was about 2 years old he suddenly developed what they call "water belly" or Urinary Calculi -- the formation of crystals or stones in the urinary tract that block the elimination of urine from the body, like kidney stones in humans. He was very bloated and absolutely miserable. It is very hard to find a vet in my area that would come look at him but I finally reached one by phone that was willing to help via phone. He told me to treat him with Ammonium Chloride, and that even with that treatment, the odds were very slim that he would live. It is a very painful condition so I wanted to try to help him, but was ready for the worst as I didn't want him to suffer if his bladder burst. I was able to save him that time with Ammonium Chloride that a local goat owner gave me since I couldn't find it locally but a couple years later, he developed it again (the vet said once they get it and if they miraculously survive, they will probably get it again) and we had to euthanize him. After that, I made sure I had Ammonium Chloride on hand at all times. My other goat, Poncho, that was the same age, developed the same disease when he was about 10 years old and I was able to get him urinating again with a schedule of AniMed Ammonium Chloride drench but still wanted a vet to see him, and maybe even snip his pizzle, but he passed away when the vet was examining him. His horse and I both were devastated. The vet said he had lived a long time for a goat that old with the smallest urinary tract/male parts she had ever seen. If you need to drench a goat with AniMed Ammonium Chloride, ask your vet or an experienced goat owner about drenching. It is important to learn about it first as you can get water in their lungs if you do it wrong. I apologize for being so long-winded but I wish I had known all this before taking on castrated male goats and maybe help another new-to-goats owner. Paying close attention to your wethers diet is crucial and even doing that still may not prevent urinary calculi. A proper calcium to phosphorus ratio in feed, hay, and minerals is critical. A good Ammonium Chloride supplement like AniMed, forage, hay. LOTS of fresh clean water is a start. If you must feed grain make sure it is a balanced 2:1 in calcium/phosphorus, and should have ammonium chloride added to it. Poncho would help his old horse eat his "old horse" grain and that probably didn't help. Ask your vet for a balanced diet plan if you are new to goats. SUPER HELPFUL INFO: There is a "closed" Group on Facebook called "The Goat Vet Corner" where you can ask goat health related questions to a group of very dedicated veterinarians that care about goats. Only vets answer. I have learned a lot and there are a lot of articles archived including one about urinary calculi. RIP PONCHO & LEFTY