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01-16-2014, 11:32 PM
He tries to guard food that's 30 feet apart?? Dang! He's determined, isn't he!
I have sometimes tied Cuzco up during mealtime when he gets too possessive of everyone else's feed. Hay has to be well spread apart so he doesn't take all of it. As your goat is only two, hopefully this is just a phase he's going through. I hear they sometimes get pretty feisty during that adolescent stage, but they usually mellow out as they grow past it. You could try keeping him on a tether or a runner for a while so he has to stand apart and eat only his own hay. It might make him used to seeing the others eat without being able to do anything about it, and the others will learn the limits of his tether so they don't feel threatened by his posturing.
I have sometimes tied Cuzco up during mealtime when he gets too possessive of everyone else's feed. Hay has to be well spread apart so he doesn't take all of it. As your goat is only two, hopefully this is just a phase he's going through. I hear they sometimes get pretty feisty during that adolescent stage, but they usually mellow out as they grow past it. You could try keeping him on a tether or a runner for a while so he has to stand apart and eat only his own hay. It might make him used to seeing the others eat without being able to do anything about it, and the others will learn the limits of his tether so they don't feel threatened by his posturing.