AniMed Powder 99.9-Percent Ammonium Chloride for Horses Dogs Cats Cows Sheep and Goats, 2.5-Pound…

Exact product that I need to keep my goat bucks free of urinary calculi. Product was very full, not settled out like products sometimes are!

This saved my goats life! A little backstory I have a Nubian buck that had gotten too much grain which caused him to end up with urinary calculi. I ordered this in a hurry, it came overnight, fully intact, no damage to the seal or anything. I diluted with some water and syringe fed it to my buck over the course of a couple days after his pizzle was snipped to help pass the stones. The whole purpose of this product is to acidify the urine to make them easier to get through the urethra. Thankfully keeping up with this product everyday for a week... he showed significant turn around and is a happy healthy boy again. Now we use it as maintenance in their feed!

~~ 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

Exactly what I need to prevent urinary stones in my goats.

I only try to give grain to the bucks in the winter because they live in an outdoor shelter rather than the barn. From everything I've read, bucks should not be given grain unless you add ammonium chloride to prevent stones. I add a generous sprinkling to their feed 3x/week and so far none have shown any signs of stones or urinary troubles. Hoping this can will last me the winter and then I'll get another one next fall.

I bought this product knowing my 2-year-old 90 lb pet goat Prince is at risk of developing unirary track blockage. Nonetheless, it happened this past week. He was totally blocked. I rushed him to the hospital. I have the ammonium chloride at hand but not sure how to use it. The following is what the vet did. In 48 hours, Prince came from total blockage to a steady stream of urine.Under X ray, we cannot see any stone, which means the urethra is filled with sand like built up that cannot be seen in X ray. Doctor clipped the tip of his penis off under sedation (this is where 50% of all blockage occurred, but not for Prince) and drenched him by gaving 1 tbsp ammonium chloride in 100cc of water, 3 times a day, orally using a syringe. After the first drench, in a few hours there starts to have drops of pee. After 3 drenches and 24 hours, Prince has more drops and occasionally being able to squeeze out stream of pee. Now 48 hours later he has steady streams of pee, very very encouraging!!He also gave Prince minimum food (hay) during treatments so the acidity can work the best. He also gave Prince injections of antibiotic and pain med.I am so very grateful to the doctor and the treatment. Nothing compares to the joy to see Prince nibbles on his hay again.Going forward, you need to give 1 tbsp AC per week, either as a one time drench, or separate into daily dosage in food.Keep this in hand. It will save your goats life.UPDATE: please understand this is a serious medical emergency. The bladder can rupture in 24-36 hours if there is no pee. You need to see a vet right away and he/she may need to drain the bladder immediately. This product will only resolve loose mineral deposits. If the goat has a X-ray visible "stone" that is blocking the track, he needs surgery to remove the stone.UPDATE 2: I found “Ammonium Chloride tablets” on amazon as a dietary supplement (for humans obviously). You can give it a try if your goats hate the powder.UPDATE 3: Since Prince did not have any bladder stone from X-ray, instead he had sand-likd accumulation in his urinary track, I have my water tested and it is very hard (TDS close to 300). I do not want to feed him ammonium chloride regularly because I believe it is still poisonous. I end up installing a Reverse Osmosis water purification drinking system in the barn and he is drinking very pure water only (TDS 15). It has been a few months so far and he is still peeing like a champ! Also, he only eats Timothy hay and timothy-hay pelletes as treats. No grains. He also grazes on weeds and tree leaves. So far so good!UPDATE 4: 7/22/2019 It has been almost 8 months and Prince is still doing well (knock on wood!!) I have NOT fed him any ammonium chloride. He drinks purified water only. He eats Timothy hay, Timothy hay pellets, and free range 2 hours each day. So far he has no trouble peeing.