nomad - It does make sense, thanks! I can't get anymore milk from the farm he came from, but I have an Alpine doe that kidded 3 weeks ago. I think I will start milking her & go 50/50 cows milk & her milk to ensure she has enough for her kids.
Thanks, good information! I don't know if his mom was grained or not. I knew about enterotoxemia but the apparent suddenness of it is what threw me. I guess I thought it would be a gradual onset. Would the feeding he'd just had have done something to activate or aggrivate the enterotoxemia?
I have an 8 week old Kiko buckling, soon to be a wether (but he's not banded yet). He's gonna grow up (hopefully) to be a pack goat. A few nights ago immediatley after having his bottle, he started crying a lot and he fell over & could not get up. Almost like a fainting goat. He kicked his legs...
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I had a 6 week old Kiko that bloated real bad 3 days ago, Blew up like an overstuffed pinata. We stayed up until midnight giving him baking soda & berping him every hour or so & gor him pretty well deflated. The next day he looked & acted almost normal. Today he seems fine. We withheld milk...