When added to the diet of a goat, cucumbers can be nutritious, highly palatable, and very refreshing to them due to their low levels of calories and high content of minerals, vitamins, and water in them.
When goats eat cucumbers, they help in managing hydration in the animals since water plays an important part in the body of any living organism.
Cucumbers contain small percentages of potassium, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, magnesium, vitamin A and manganese which play a big role in maintaining of the body of a goat like strengthening their bones and protecting them from certain diseases.
Cucumbers contain antioxidants which are the molecules that help in blocking oxidation.
One should be very cautious not to feed their goats with wild cucumbers in large amounts as the fruit contains toxic substance called cucumin that can cause infection of the intestines.