Thanks for all of your kind words. He wasn't with me all that long, but he still took a little piece of my heart just like they all do. He was loved and he was not alone when he died. I just wanted to say thanks to all who offered their kind words.
I have a baby goat about 2 wks old. When I got him he had runny nose (green), cough and rattle. Per vet been treating with antibiotics, pro-bios, electrolytes. Till yesterday he was eating 8 oz of whole cows milk every 4 waking hours or about 4 times per day. He took a turn for the worse...
Thanks Rolls, don't want to make too many changes too quickly, would rather ask and seem stupid than hurt my babies. Poorboys, I would have thought he was too young to be banded too but it was already done, just have to watch him and make sure he is okay. I am by far no expert but I would...
Thanks for the answers. Really appreciate the help and reassurance. I will start changing the milk over to cows milk this morning. Think I will do the 70%-30% Rolls suggested. I don't care if I have to waste the replacer. Better the replacer than risk the babies. I will call the breeder...
I just got 2 babies this morning. They are 1/2 LaMancha (probably spelled wrong) and 1/2 Nubian. They are 3 weeks old, a doe and a little buck who has been banded. Both have had their CD-T first injection at a week according to the breeder. They should be due again in a week and they were...
Yeah, we tried different nipples with her. She was just too sick and too far gone when we got her, I think. I contacted the vet as soon as I could after I got her and they tried to give her the treatment to help her. I don't even know that she was 10 days. The sale barn I got her at was not...
Thanks to everyone for their help. Took all the advice I could find, gave her all the love we could in her short time with us. The vet tried. I knew better than to buy a baby at the sale barn! I couldn't let that scraggly mean looking bear buy that beautiful baby, in hindsight, maybe she...