Sick Goat HELP

[GoatLover89]

I have a 3 month old Nubian/Boar cross i bought her and her twin sister when they were 2 weeks old and bottle fed them. Up until 2 weeks ago my goat Jasmine and had some problems and i have read every book. and looked into every goat sickness their is and i cant find ANYTHING that matches her symptoms. She cant walk up my front steps without falling down. when she is walking on the ground she will just fall over. She eats and drinks just fine. but dosnt seem to be gaining any weight. When she walks it looks like she has pulled a tendon in her front right leg. I cant figure out whats wrong with her when her sister is a picture of health.

If anyone can give me thier thoughts or information id be so greatful!

Thank you.

 

[redhen]

i'm not much help sorry... maybe try backyardherds.com they will have more goat people on there...
the link to that website is at the bottom of this page... good luck!

 

[redhen]

she sounds pretty sick.... i'd take her to a vet...

 

[abluechipstock]

are you sure of the parentage, is she myotonic, or she might need some selenium/vit e, backyard herds is a great resource plus goatwisdom.com

 

[cassie]

I would try some selenium and some thiamine to start with. Selenium deficiency can cause muscle weakness, and thiamine deficiency causes truly bizarre symptoms in ruminents.

 

[cmjust0]

FWIW, this was cross-posted to BYH. A couple of folks there -- myself included -- suspected that the stumbling may have been weakness, stemming from a case of chronic coccidiosis. The OP noted that he/she'd searched high and low for information that matched the symptoms, but the reality is that there isn't a whole lot written about chronic coccidiosis. Most of what you see about coccidiosis lists scouring as the #1 symptom...but that's just not always the case. Kids with chronic coccidiosis may not scour, or may scour and seem to recover, and they may eat and drink and jump around a little bit, but they won't grow and they just sorta slowly spiral out until they finally die.

Unfortunately, the OP's kid passed before any of the recommended courses of action could be attempted.

I just wanted to post that here in case the OP didn't return, and also to make the point -- in as many places as possible -- that there IS such a thing as chronic coccidiosis, and that coccidiosis doesn't always manifest itself in the same manner as what you typically hear and read about acute coccidiosis in goat kids.

 

[Feral Nature]

This is sad, I am by no means an expert, but have been successfully raising goats for many years and could have directly helped the OP or could have asked for assisstance from my "goat sage".

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Are you sure she's not a "fainting" goat?