Goat Help Please?

[Sillystunt]

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[the12catlady]

if she's that lethargic - you may have to mix up a solution of baking soda and water and squirt it down her throat with a (needle-less) syringe. you usually give them a bowl of the powder for them to eat when needed. this will help restore the acid balance in her tummy if she ate too much grain or is bloating. (big big round belly up high) (wormy belly is saggy and bloated down low - which brings me to... worms...)

is she skinny? can you feel all the bumps down her back prominently? a big belly doesn't make a fat goat. look at her gums - are they a nice rosy pink, or are they pale, almost white? in a black skinned goat look at the underside of the eyelid. if so it could be a sign you have a worm problem. i know you said you wormed her recently, but if you use the same wormer every time, they can build up resistance and the population can spike quickly - making a very weak and sick goat that cannot get back up once knocked over. you need to get her to the vet or do a fecal egg count to determine if it is a worm problem. if so, you need to give her something to kill the adult worms NOW! they can kill quickly. the vet has the meds to do that - but I'll warn you - their not cheap. to perk her back up mix up a 1 cup solution of electrolytes and dissolve a packet of instant coffee into it. try every few minutes to see how much of this you can get down her. the more the better - you will know when it's time to wean her off of it when she's been up the last 2 nights and is very hyper.... : )

also check her hooves - the outer hoof shouldn't be much longer than the inner pad - over grown hooves CAN make a goat walk on her knees - but so can being too weak to stand back up.
jennifer

 

[mekasmom]

If it is bloat bad enough to put them on the ground, you will have to pass a tube to relieve the goat. Baking soda won't help when it is this bad.

 

[the12catlady]

also, just a thought - what are you feeding her? does it have enough copper in it? atleast 20% (preferably 35- 40%) - copper defencincy will make a goat weak and go down suddenly. in that case you'd have to give a copper supplement...
i have a friend that lost a goat very suddenly because she was just feeding him chicken feed....
jennifer

 

[Sillystunt]

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yes this is true!!

 

[chixie]

maybe you should take it to a vet.. I hope your goat will be ok.... I had a goat that bloated and i gave baking soda and water... she is fine... she got in the feed shed and piggeg out

 

[buck-wild-chick]

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Been there done that. LOL goats are a trip !

My wether got into the feed shed.By the time i got him to the vet it looked like he was about to have triplets

Gave him pepto bismol and baking soda for the ride over there.And the ved tubed him. I stayed up all night watching that goat and walking him.Luckily he made it

 

[Lu King]

I have the same problem with a 3 month old male that I bought 2 weeks ago. The man that I bought him from said he was 3, but now I think he was younger. He keeps following my female goat that I purchased from the same man, and she is moving around every second. My goat is very skinny and eats very little...he doesn't have time to eat as he follows his "mama" around all the time. That is what he calls the female goat.

None of the employees at the feed stores seem to know anything about goats. My husband has been feeding him feed for goats and sheep. I told him to get the feed with copper, but they talked him out of it.

Is it okay to give him some alfalfa hay ?

 

[danielle82]

Has the goat been exposed to any poisonous plants? Iris for example? anything else? If you catch it soon enough you could try traeting with pepto and mineral oil, definately call the vet, you don't need to pay for a farm call, just ask them over the phone if they have any ideas

 

[buckeye chickens]

If she went down fast it may be Polio or Listeriosis. Do her eyes look ok? any drooling? both Polio and Listeriosis can look like Entertoxemia.

A good read on Polio and Listeriosis http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/listeriosis.html