8 wk old having regurgitation issues again...suggestions needed pg 2!!

[glenolam]

I got home and it looked as though she fell in something, but then I realized she was trying to throw up a little and she's shaking her head back and forth. Seems like she's got a cud she can't reguritate.

I'm going to douse her with baking soda - should I give her pepto or anything like that? B complex shot?

 

[helmstead]

She is choked...

 

[glenolam]

OK - so what do I do?

She seems alert, no fever, eye lids/gums/tounge nice and pink. Just finished dimethox last Friday.

I'm waiting to see her pee/poop, but so far nothing....

She sort of looks like she's dryheaving...

 

[helmstead]

She probably is choked on something hard and it has stuck in her throat. If it were me, and it hadn't resolved, I'd be headed to the vet.

 

[glenolam]

I don't think she's choked....I was able to get a baking soda drench down and kept her inside for about 45 min. She didn't spit up or anything like that and was breathing normal. ETA - I felt all down her throat and in her belly and tried to look down her throat the best I could and didn't see anything.

I brought her outside to be with mom and her sister and saw her nurse twice. She nursed for a few min and switched teats so I'm almost positive she got some milk (I can't say 100% because I'm not in her mouth...)

I watched everyone else go to the bathroom twice except her. I still haven't seen her go.

Seems like she might just have eaten something nasty and can't get it digested quick enough.

 

[glenolam]

Just got back in again - she was under the hay feeder where she usually sleeps and was chomping away as she's been doing for a while. Really sounds more like grinding, but her sister does the same thing every day.

She had something slimy hanging out of her mouth so I wiped it and it was green and smelled like hay/milk/grain. She dry heaved or jerked her head a little more again, let out a big burp and came out from underneath the hay feeder shaking her head some more. Then she began chomping, headed to mom and took a sip. Shortly after I saw her squat and attemp a poop - the poop was there, but she only pushed one teeny nugget out. It was nice and black and the rest of what slipped back in looked about the same.

Funny how I never imagined I would be spending some nights staring at a baby goat's butt watching the poop play peek-a-boo. Then taking the little nugget that came out and inspecting it. Good thing I haven't eaten dinner yet....

I'll monitor her for the night - is there something else I should do or look out for?

 

[glenolam]

This morning she was right as rain. Guess it was just something that upset her stomach.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do if there's ever a next time?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Was she coughing or heaving? Could she have allergies to pollen?

 

[glenolam]

She wasn't coughing, weezing or anything like that...just had "stuff" that she was trying to get out. At times liquid would even drip from her mouth. She'd be OK (not good, but OK), then you'd see her stomach twitch a little like she was going to throw up, then she'd (what looks to me like) gag as if she was choking on something and finally she did a big burp, seemed to get up something and now she's fine.

 

[cmjust0]

I wonder if it was a mild bloat?

If so, the baking soda probably saved her life...