I have used and worked with colloidal silver for decades. Silver ions kill pathogenic bacteria, viruses, funguses, and single-cell parasites. I suspect they would be very effective against toxic mold. A quick internet search (only because I don't keep goats) turned up a few links where people discuss using it with their goats and other animals. You may have to search for "goat" on each page, as in some cases the reference to silver may be in the comments:
https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/emily-ozark-jewels-colloidal-silver-question.329527/
http://www.csilverhl.com/14901.html
That last is from a competitor of ours, but I respect his research (though not so much his machine, which is really "low-tech").
These folk regularly add silver to the drinking water for their sheep:
https://anamericanhomestead.com/4-ways-to-raise-livestock-without-chemicals/
We fabricate and market a very high technology machine that makes very high quality colloidal silver fully automatically, starting with distilled water. Here's our website (presently undergoing renovation, but still quite useful):
We also offer that machine to Steemians at a very deep discount here:
However, are you a strong "do-it-yourselfer?" If so, I could hook you up with a fairly simple design that you could use to get started making colloidal silver for your goats... Let me know.
I pray you may have the best of success in restoring your herd to health...
So I was looking at it and with all the vet bills piling up we are seriously going to be struggling for quite some time so can't make such a big investment right now. Sorry! It really sounds awesome! I am s strong do-it-yourselfer though! I would be interested in finding out about that? I really don't want anyone else sick, ever again and have heard amazing things about silver! Just recently another steemit blogger wrote about their grandmothers silver keeping the family safe! https://steemit.com/advice/@joearnold/wow-i-had-no-idea-why-real-silverware-was-used-by-my-grandmother-to-keep-the-family-safe
Hi, Rose,
I understand completely, struggling myself! :) No apology necessary!
I will gladly teach you a little here, and will be glad to answer your questions. I admire and appreciate your homesteading lifestyle, and only wish that I had the resources to "change over" to such myself... If I kept animals, I would be sure they had silver water as part of their regular diet. We do have a puppy dog, and not long ago she had either a bad tooth or bad sore in her mouth. It was so bad, she wouldn't even eat, other than some soup my wife gave her. I put her on silver water, and within a few days she was eating and chewing again.
Please check this page and this illustration for the "basics."
That is the basic circuit - a power source, a resistor, and some silver. In place of the silver wires, you may want to just get two silver rounds or medallions from a local coin shop. You will also want to add an inexpensive aquarium bubbler pump to stir the water while this is operating, and a timer to shut it off after about three hours.
If you have any old car, truck, or tractor batteries around, and the ability to recharge them and monitor their voltage, two of them in series would be a much more economic replacement for the three 9V batteries in the illustration. You could also use any DC (direct current) power supply in the ~24 volt range.
Those things together will be the rough equivalent of what you would pay this website $250 plus shipping to get. If you are a frugal homesteader who repurposes things, you may already have much of what you need "around the house."
I was intrigued to read that the sheep farm regularly puts a gallon of silver water in with their flock's drinking water...
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can help in any way! :D
P.S.
Use a quart-sized mason jar...
Only the SILVER (.999 fine, not sterling) should touch the water.
You MUST use DISTILLED water! Steam distilled, no mineral or electrolyte content.
Also, with an aquarium pump, just run the vinyl tube into the water so that bubbles come out at the bottom of the jar. Ideally, wrap the pump in a cotton cloth to act as a dust filter so the air doesn't contain dust.
Wow, thank you! That's a lot of great info! I'll show my husband tonight
You're very welcome. If you try to put something together, I'll be more than happy to assist however I can...
Do you have T.P. for my bunghole? I would hate for my bungholio to get polio.