Goat Thread!

[Aunt Angus]

My goat owning friends say to check his temp and FAMACHA, try the electrolytes (it's sweet, so it encourages drinking), and maybe give vitamin b complex. They suggest doing it subq. They suggest around 6 cc’s per 100 lbs of body weight.

And maybe have a fecal done (this is my suggestion - just in case).

 

[1cock2hens]

I know you can tube feed goats, but I can't imagine he'd go for that. And he's not at that point, anyway. I know hydration is super important for rumination. You might try the electrolytes if his lack of appetite has been going on for a while.

Good rumens sound like tummies sound when digesting - lots of movement, lots of growling sounds. He may not have a happy tummy after the foamy bloating.

Grass/hay is good for this, but only if he'll eat it.

Lemme see what else I can find out.

Today is the first day since he's been here that he's had a lack of appetite, he's usually a bully and eats everything he can get ahold of lol. I did notice 2 days ago he wasn't hardly going to the other field to graze but he definitely did yesterday.

Thank you

 

[ShrekDawg]

Today is the first day since he's been here that he's had a lack of appetite, he's usually a bully and eats everything he can get ahold of lol. I did notice 2 days ago he wasn't hardly going to the other field to graze but he definitely did yesterday.

Thank you

Is it possible he ate something bad in the field?

 

[1cock2hens]

Is it possible he ate something bad in the field?

Anything is always possible. It's several acres of mostly tall grass and brambles but who knows what else is scattered about.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Anything is always possible. It's several acres of mostly tall grass and brambles but who knows what else is scattered about.

Hmm

 

[Aunt Angus]

Does he have scours (goat diarrhea)?

 

[1cock2hens]

Does he have scours (goat diarrhea)?

He does not

 

[Aunt Angus]

He does not

Maybe it's a wait and see situation, then. I just know sick goats go down FAST. Keep a close eye on him. Do you have a vet?

 

[Acre4Me]

We just got two Nigerian Dwarf goats!!
7 months old sisters! We won’t breed them for about a year. Just learning about goats.

 

[1cock2hens]

Maybe it's a wait and see situation, then. I just know sick goats go down FAST. Keep a close eye on him. Do you have a vet?

An extremely busy country vet, it being hunting season he's not as available as normal. I'm definitely watching him. Average age for large myotonics is 10-12, I'm prepared for all the possibilities