Q. I don't have a bolus gun. How can I give copper boluses.A. I don't give copper boluses, I happen to use herbs instead. But, when I used to bolus I would dump out the contents of a copper bolus and then recapsule them into double ought "00" sized vegan capsules. I would select the number of mini boluses according to animal need and size. They really should be given with a bolus gun so that they can bypass the teeth and end up in the rumen, which is where they are designed to lodge for slow release into the system. They can be fed by covering them with black strap molasses and put in their grain, but at this point they are getting chewed. Some of the copper fragments may end up in locations unintended as they lodge into tissue before getting to the rumen. If you are going to use boluses, I recommend in-vesting the $3 to $5 into a bolus gun and administering them that way for your goat's safety.
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