Baby goat help

[Brandi]

Thank you everyone for the comments, sorry I didn't get back.....Update, and new questions today. Ok I went and got her Manna pro electrolytes, Nutri Drench for Goats, molasses, and Karo syrup, oh and Jump-Start Plus Oral Microbial Gel. So Sat I mixed up the milk, molasses and Karo and in a seperate bottle the electrolytes, Then I gave her a squirt of nutri drench and she actually drank from the bottle about an oz of the electrolytes, and really got excited about the milk and molasses! Drank about 2 ounces of that. Then she was up and at em all day, BUT still no poop, so I gave her a warm soapy water enema and got just a small amount of poop that was pellets, and some yellow stringy stuff. Been feeding her about every hour or 2 since, she only drinks about 2 to 3 ounces each time. Now I fed her last at 3:30am and left her in my small bathroom and at 10 this morning she had pooped everywhere BUT it was very dark and diarrhea, ughhhh but she is very active this morning!! A crazy nut!! But I haven't fed her yet waiting on response from you fine people, What do I do now that she has runny poop???? Oh and she has lice yuck I need them gone ASAP cuz she is in my house!

 

[Brandi]

I have not gotten a B-12 shot? Not sure how I would obtain one. I am unable to pay for an appointment for a vet. And before I get crucified for that, lets remember I was given this baby to see if I could help her not because she is my pet. Because if I could I would take her.

 

[Southern by choice]

Please get a fecal run. That is going to be a very valuable piece of information. You don't need to take her in for that.

 

[Brandi]

ok how and what is that

 

[Southern by choice]

Gather the poop and the stringy stuff put it in a ziplock or dixie cup and run it to your vets ask them for a fecal. I don't think Mc Masters is nec. just a regular float. Get the info from them.
They should be looking for blood and any possible parasites, cocci etc.

 

[Brandi]

oh ok

 

[Brandi]

so i feed her as usual today?

 

[MissFitFarm]

feed normal... leave out the karo and the molasses. I would give a shot of drench if you haven't already today, and a dose of electrolytes, the electrolytes will help keep her up and hydrated and the drench should help with the poop's, it helps mine but feed as usual. and get the fecal and then go from there. good luck hope it turns out well for the both of you.

 

[Southern by choice]

feed normal... leave out the karo and the molasses. I would give a shot of drench if you haven't already today, and a dose of electrolytes, the electrolytes will help keep her up and hydrated and the drench should help with the poop's, it helps mine but feed as usual. and get the fecal and then go from there. good luck hope it turns out well for the both of you.

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[jodief100]

Baby goats do not need to be fed every two hours. 3 x a day is fine. All they will eat, without forcing them 3 x a day. B-12 you can get from a feed store. I would pick up some Scour Halt (also called Scour Chek or SpectoGard), chemical name is Spectinomycin. It is labeled for pigs but does wonders for baby goat scours. Give her 1-2 ml 3 x day for 3 days. Go very light light on the molasses. There are some recent studies out that link too much molasses to Goat polio. Not a definitive causation but a correlation. Since it isn't needed I would keep it to a minimum, just enough to flavor her bottle until she takes it willingly.

Good luck! Glad she is doing better.