While Angoras do not require as much water as sheep, yet they should be
given a quantity sufficient at least once a day. In winter goats will
live upon snow. Men have reported that their goats have gone for a week
at a time, and all summer long, without any more moisture than they
could get from browse and weeds, but even if Angoras should stand this
treatment, they will thrive better with water once daily. It is
estimated that under normal conditions a goat will consume about
one-ninetieth of its body weight (about a pint of water for a grown
animal) in a day. On hot days, when the animals are on dry feed, they
will frequently drink two quarts of water.