bladder infection doe now has diarrhea
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Thiamine is a b-vitamin.....it's vitamin B1. All b-vitamins are water soluble and the excesses are excreted in the urine.
Just out of curiosity...what's the heart-attack inducing dosage of Thiamine in a goat? Is this something you've seen before?
Just out of curiosity...what's the heart-attack inducing dosage of Thiamine in a goat? Is this something you've seen before?
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gibbygoats
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It's me again.....
I am about at my witts end!!!
I don't know what to do for my goat. I have tried to give her her meds the vet gave me. Bio sponge an
intestinal absorbent and Bismupaste E (basicly pepto bismal) for the diarrhea and Pro biotic. I can't get them in her. She hates me trying to put anything in
her mouth. My husband was holds her while I try to open her mouth and put it in., he nearly got his eye impaled by her horn.
( I am so regretting not having her dehorned!! ) I'm afraid we are going to break her neck!!
She still is not eating . last night I got her to eat a few leaves and some sun chips. I know not the best diet, but the vet said to try anything just to
keep her rumen going. I got vitamin B complex this morning from the vet, I couldn't find it at Agway, TSC or my local feed store yesterday.
She presccribed 3cc 2x day Sub Q. I gave it to her about 1:00 ,so far no miraclious recovery that I was hoping for.
Anybody have any clues as to what I should do next????
I am about at my witts end!!!
I don't know what to do for my goat. I have tried to give her her meds the vet gave me. Bio sponge an intestinal absorbent and Bismupaste E (basicly pepto bismal) for the diarrhea and Pro biotic. I can't get them in her. She hates me trying to put anything in
her mouth. My husband was holds her while I try to open her mouth and put it in., he nearly got his eye impaled by her horn.
( I am so regretting not having her dehorned!! ) I'm afraid we are going to break her neck!!
She still is not eating . last night I got her to eat a few leaves and some sun chips. I know not the best diet, but the vet said to try anything just to
keep her rumen going. I got vitamin B complex this morning from the vet, I couldn't find it at Agway, TSC or my local feed store yesterday.
She presccribed 3cc 2x day Sub Q. I gave it to her about 1:00 ,so far no miraclious recovery that I was hoping for.
Anybody have any clues as to what I should do next????
Straddle the goat, facing the same direction she's facing. With your non-dominant hand, grab her under the chin and insert your thumb across the void behind the front teeth of her lower jaw, then pull her head up. If she tries to back out from under you, pull her head to one side and lodge your upper leg between her horns.gibbygoats said:
I promise you...she'll go NO WHERE if you get her this way, I don't give a damn how ornery she is. For some goats, this is the only way they'll take oral meds.
What's especially handy about this technique is that once you get it mastered, a "helper" really only gets in the way.
lilhill
Loving the herd life
And please be patient. A "miraculous" recovery could be two or three days when you start to really see a difference. Not in a couple of hours after she gets the meds.
