Wethers and Warnings: What I’ve Learned About Goat Nutrition and Preventing Painful Problems

Because loving them means learning the hard stuff, too.

I didn’t know wethers (castrated male goats) were so fragile when it came to feeding.

No one really tells you that upfront.

You think: “They’re not pregnant, they’re not nursing, they’re not battling hormones… shouldn’t they be the easy ones?”

But it turns out, wethers are some of the highest-risk goats when it comes to a sneaky, silent problem that can turn deadly fast: urinary calculi.