Can you safely feed citrus to your goat?

Answer 1

The main rules for giving animals food is:

As part of a VARIETY of other foods, it's often fine to OFFER them things to eat and then stand back and observe. Mostly, they can tell from the SMELL of the foods, and INSTINCT too, if it's ok to eat it or not. If it's unnatural and would hurt their stomach, they will not eat it. So, make certain your goats have lots of their favourite food and freedom to roam around eating anything they want, give them shelter but don't cage them or factory-farm them, its' unhygienic and causes diseases, not just for the animals, but for anyone that eats them.

Anyway, offer animals a variety of their favorite foods, don't force any animal to eat anything, give them offers of food and notice how they act. Goats really like oats in the husk, that's' one of their favourite foods: put some in a bucket, and let them eat that: watch them get happy and enjoy that meal. Make certain their food and water is clean.

About Citrus and giving them to goats: truly, I don't know, but I have a feeling that the citrus leaves might be ok, try offering some to a goat that's not starving on seige-mentality.

The actual citrus fruit could be ok but is probably not all that natural for them to eat: I never did see a goat eating a whole orange off a tree, but then, I never did offer my pet goat Heidi an orange to eat.

Clarification:

You can't always go on the animals instinct on whether or not the food is safe for them. For example, cows will eat butter bean hulls, which are fatal. They have very sharp, pointy ends which pierce the insides of the cows, resulting in death.

So before you feed ANY foods to your animals or pets, you need to consult your vet first to see if it's safe for them to eat.

Answer 2

I think that citrus wouldn't change or affect you goat. Goat in nature usually eat grass, the same grass on which they urine on. Urine is really acid probably more acid then citrus so I think that the citrus wouldn't affect your goat.

Answer 3

Yes