Help! Goat's Belly feels like a Balloon....

[Clicky]

It could be worms, at least, that's what happened with my dog.

She got all bloated, but looked and acted other wise fine.

But, I'm not sure if goats can get worms like dogs. I'm pretty sure they can, just not positive you see.

 

[Dorothy1324]

How is he today?

 

[TXmom]

He was looking much better by yesterday evening...now today he looks pretty much normal. I did pat him on the side to try to get him to burp...and I checked on him every few minutes to make sure he wasn't looking sick or distressed. He just kept walking around and nibbling here and there...and eventually his belly went back to normal.

They do have free-choice baking soda and minerals in a mineral feeder in their little house.

I was just being a worried paranoid first-time goat mommy

He's probably just getting used to new hay, new browse, new environment...I live closer to the Gulf Coast and where they came from was more "Central TX". It was just strange how one goat blew up like a balloon (looked pregnant with triplets) and the other looked completely normal. Now today, they look about the same.