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Good news. Elenore the Saanan has made a complete recovery as well. Whew!:celebrate

I don't know anything about show goats but both are adorable.

What did you treat the first infection with? My thought is that you may have to go thru a vet to get the right med for the eye issue. Have you tried using boric acid eye wash? How attached to these ewes are you?

thanks for the advice. Everyone but the Saanan have recovered.

Thats great for the outcome! I agree. I can't afford the vet out much either. I try to get by as well with learning as much as I can. Years ago I called the vet out to more or less get acquainted and check out my flocks/herds. It has paid off a ton. Now I can usually call for a consul of sorts...

Wednesday afternoon a hired helper hired by my neighbor(lawn care) guy cut down a huge rhodie bush and thought he would give the goats a treat. I had no idea he had done this until Wednesday evening when the guy that rents the property next door called us to ask us if it was okay the goats were...

Clear. I could not find any info about color change. My guess is oxidation of some kind. When in doubt throw it out. It may not be a problem or it may have lost efficacy or worse become toxic.

I would follow rhodie poison protocol. Aggressive treatment is nec. if they are to pull through. Basically you need to help them clear the stuff out of them. My husband got a doe thru rhodie poisoning. He gave charcoal, milk of magnesia and lots of strong tea/vegtible oil via drench. When they...

It would be good to milk her down so she keeps producing. As for the lamb it kinda sounds like some sort of reaction to a sting. Are there snakes around? Could be he got something lodged in his throat or choked on feed. Sometimes this can happen. A choke episode could result in injury to...

I think it is possible. But I think they will be born at same time. Some will be too young. I only breed once. I have not found it nec. to breed more than that. Mine always take.

Knowing what is going on helps alot. With treatment they all should be fine soon. Just keep them eating and drinking and they should pull out of it.

normal poo smells of course but cocci poo is typically a dark color and gooie to outright watery. There is also a strong smell compared to normal. Im not sure just how to describe it. kinda a sick smell. If it were me i would not pen the little guy up. This will just stress him out more when...

Cocci can be hard to deal with in young animals. My exp. has been that if one kid has it then I need to treat them all in order to get it under control. Also of consideration is if you cannot put kids in a fresh area there is always the chance that after treatment they can pick it up again...

She will settle down...eventually Its alot for a baby to deal with.

I doubt the rabbit will make it. The wound sounds pretty severe. Wild rabbits don't thrive well in captivity. Giving the rabbit pellets when it is not used to eating them may do more harm than good. His gut likely will not tolerate it very well. My advise would be to humanely put the rabbit down...

Try giving them ginger tea. i have had good results with it.

Bunnylady brought up some good points. There likely won't be a market for the offspring. I have a herd of meat mutts myself so this would not find it a bad mix.

I don't see why it would not be safe. The buck is the smaller of the two so should not pose a problem. Sounds like it could be an interesting cross.

I'm sorry your first experience was so difficult. The adult rabbit should do better for you.

My thought is that these young rabbits died of stress. They can be fine and then dead. Not uncommon. With rabbits any change in housing and food can be hard on them. It would be best to leave them in the hutch. Moving them back and forth is not good. The digestive system on these animals can get...