baby diarrhea

[peachick]

baby is 6 days old and must have eaten somthing she found... today shes messy and runny.

I have probiotic powder I can give her... but how? and how much? She is nursing with mom and seems fine otherwise.

 

[helmstead]

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.

 

[peachick]

ok, good to know. thank you.
I'll watch her today.

 

[peachick]

baby is the same this afternoon... nursing, but maybe a little less active than yesterday. Any suggestions?? a tiny dose of pepto??

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

baby is the same this afternoon... nursing, but maybe a little less active than yesterday. Any suggestions?? a tiny dose of pepto??

I wouldn't use Pepto unless it's in conjunction with a treatment for something, if at all. Otherwise you can mask the symptom (scouring) without treating the underlying cause.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

How is baby doing today?

 

[peachick]

she is about the same. I talked to Vet yesterday, she has me giving the baby pepto every few hours, said by this afternoon she should be better, if not.... she said, we will go in a different direction (not sure what that is)

Baby is moving around and nursing. Was a little less active yesterday, today she acts normal.... just a really messy bottom.

 

[Goatmasta]

Pepto is not a good idea. It is like having a leak in a water hose and wrapping the hose with black tape. The object is to find the issue, if you stop the poo with pepto you will not know if the issue is resolved until your kid is dead. diarrhea is a very important diagnostic tool.
You need to be treating with a sulfa such as Dimethox...

 

[peachick]

Pepto is not a good idea. It is like having a leak in a water hose and wrapping the hose with black tape. The object is to find the issue, if you stop the poo with pepto you will not know if the issue is resolved until your kid is dead. diarrhea is a very important diagnostic tool.
You need to be treating with a sulfa such as Dimethox...

I agree that diarrhea is a symptom, but its not a death sentence. The vet said she is too young for it to be Coccidiosis (she is 1 week old today). My theory is she ate some chicken pellets, that messed up her system.

This afternoon, her bottom is dry and not messy, she is nursing well, normal temperature, and she is acting silly like a tiny baby should.

I am still keeping a close eye on her.

 

[helmstead]

I agree that diarrhea is a symptom, but its not a death sentence. The vet said she is too young for it to be Coccidiosis (she is 1 week old today). My theory is she ate some chicken pellets, that messed up her system.

This afternoon, her bottom is dry and not messy, she is nursing well, normal temperature, and she is acting silly like a tiny baby should.

I am still keeping a close eye on her.

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, bottom line, should never be something to simply stop the scouring, but rather a treatment for the CAUSE of the scouring.