Baby Goat - breathing heavy what to do?

[Ericka]

Sorry - It has been CRAZY! I gave up and thought ... if this was my kid where would I be? It was at the doctors!

Baby Blu has pneumonia She is on OxyTet twice a day and then something else for the pain/temp 3x a day...

Her temp was 103.3 and holding since 9pm so that is excellent news! She is eating an drinking water slowly. Momma Bella is being a pain and has yet to nurser her... so, I am less than thrilled with her at the moment.

Blu is still laboring to breathe and when the shots are given she faints and then literally starts panting like a dog. Poor sweet girl. We are keeping an eye on her with a temp check every couple hours and trying to keep things as normal as possible with extra cuddles. Thank you ALL for your words of wisdom... turns out being a mom of children is really close to that of a goat

 

[Latestarter]

Whew... so glad you got the vet involved and didn't wait! OK, so now we hope the meds work their magic! Please let us know how your little girl is doing as time progresses. Hope she pulls through!

 

[Southern by choice]

I gave up and thought

I think we are all glad you received the advice given and you got her to the vet. Anytime you have temp or anytime labored breathing it is always a vet call.

She is on OxyTet twice a day and then something else for the pain/temp 3x a day...

That is unusual Oxy tet is usually given 72 hours apart... unless this is the fast acting form. Usually penn for 2x day treatmenys... odd.
Although I have never had a goat with pneumonia so not completely sure of treatment but curious about the Oxytet.

when the shots are given she faints and then literally starts panting like a dog.

You need to let the vet know about this... this is not normal...
you do not want an allergic reaction.

Thanks for letting us all know.
It means alot to us.

 

[Ericka]

She is a fainting goat... all the babies are

We found out when placing baby chicks in the same pen with them. The baby chicks flapped their wings and got all excited being outside in the grass the first time and those sweet babies all fell over stiff. When we rescued Bella & Babes they said that she was a pygmy goat.. which was wrong, I am not surprised she ended up with mixed babies.

Maggie thought that the mostly white girl was a fainting mix when disbudding her but it was not a true faint just stiff legs. If that makes sense. The momma does not have a true faint and fall over, but her back legs get really stiff and she runs bowlegged.

 

[Southern by choice]

LOL I had wondered if maybe they had some FG in there but figured better to just say something.
The panting though is still not normal.

 

[Ericka]

Update: She appears to be back to normal (breathing wise) which is wonderful. She is now experiencing some stiffness at the shot sites.. she goes back for a check up in 2 days on Friday... but wanted to let everyone know I think that she will pull through! WOOHOO

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's great!

 

[Southern by choice]