Baby Goat won't eat and has runny nose

[racuda]

My wife brought home a 3 week old goat yesterday. He took the bottle of milk replacer enthusiastically for both feedings. Today he won't eat at all, and he has a cough/sneeze with a clear nasal discharge. I don't have a thermometer, so I don't know if he has a fever. I tried putting Karo syrup on the nipple but he still isn't interested.

What should I do?

 

[ksalvagno]

If there is an experienced goat breeder near you, I would call them. The little guy probably has what they call "shipping fever" and probably needs some antibiotics.

 

[cassie]

Sounds like pneumonia. Needs antibiotics. And throw out the milk replacer. Just use whole milk from the store. He will do much better on it.

 

[racuda]

I just got back from buying a thermometer and some canned milk. His temp is 102.3, which is good, right? I had read that milk replacer was bad so I bought some Carnation evaporated milk. He went straight for the bottle like he could smell it!

With no fever could it still be pneumonia?