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I would sooner suspect cocci than indigestion (and the treatment you've copied out I am TOTALLY lost on, but I don't practice 'natural' therapies). I would get them on dimethox (Albon) ASAP if they were here. I would also give some bicarb and veggie oil to get things moving, perhaps also do an...

Scours might not be a death sentence, but CONSTIPATION is, which is why the pink stuff should NOT be on your goat meds list, I don't care what a vet says as far as that goes. While, yes, too young for cocci, she's not too young for e.coli, salmonella... The treatment for scours in goats...

:love Oh MY goodness look at those spots! :weee

No, what I'm telling you is because of the dam's coloration, it barely matters what the sire's color is. The dam is going to be the dominant color. I have a light sable doe (also known as caramel in Pygmies - light brown body with black points and facial stripes) who almost always throws light...

It could just be a hormonal change in mom that caused the runs or a sudden increase in intake. I'd be on wait and see mode for a day... Probiotics really aren't any help until they're ruminating - around 4 weeks old.

I agree with everything here EXCEPT letting him get hungry and worrying about his temp (hot milk will help warm a chilled kid from the inside out). A weak kid needs nutrition ASAP, nice and warm and as much as you can get in there until it perks up. Check the suckle reflex with your pinky...

The locus for Boer coloration is EXTREMELY dominant, which is why % and PB Boers that are paint or solid are so highly prized - it takes a lot of breeding to get the red or black head out of the picture. I would tend to say that regardless of what you breed that doe to, you're going to get...

Frothy bloat? Toxic plant?

:/ That is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Did you have her zinc levels checked? And, yes, I'd somehow get the loose minerals away from her and just offer loose salt for awhile. If you didn't have her zinc levels checked, I would start bolusing her with zinc tablets ASAP...

The bicarb and MOM are oral ;)

Yup, sounds like subclinical cocci, which has led to constipation more than likely - so add an enema, 1 tsp bicarb and some milk of magnesia (3 cc or so) to that dimethox. Minis, like Pygmies and Nigis, should get between 30 and 40 oz a day at that age.

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Yep, bottle raised bucks can be pushy, even dangerous, if not properly raised and trained. I completely stop handling my bottle bucklings by the time they're 2 months old. I feed them through a fence, and only handle them for the necessary things. This does great wonders, usually, for...

The Indiana side is heading halfway there sometime in June LOL

The variable I can't comment on is the copper drench...so I don't know how that might affect toxicity. I would be curious of the molybdenum levels in the hay. This interferes with copper absorption, and from what I understand heavy fertilization, drought, etc can effect the levels to such a...

Poorboys pretty much always types in caps...I'd say we're all used to it and know they're not yelling at anyone. And, plenty of people have said dam-raised kids CAN be friendly, there's no need to get snippy about it. Both sides have been well represented here.

:thumbsup Do let us know how it's working based on the fecal samples!

Get a fecal...make sure you don't have subclinical.

Try mixing the powder with 1 1/2 cups of water in a mason jar - keep refrigerated. This = the 40% injectable, but isn't shelf stable and will go bad eventually (ie become less effective).

Albon is the brand name for dimethox ;) CoRid is amprollium, a thiamine inhibitor, which also works, but not always as effectively as dimethox. I use CoRid in conjunction with dimethox when I have a particularly nasty cocci bloom. Fenbendazole can also be used in conjunction with either sulfa...