Buckling Having Trouble Breathing, UPDATE PG 5

[greenfamilyfarms]

Ok, here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnEgGelZqgM

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

I would get that drench/baking soda in him now...important!!!

If he does have FKS..you need to balance him soon!!! Like Now...they can go in a matter of hours....

 

[elevan]

The first thing that I notice right away is that his sides are sunken in...don't know what that means...but it definitely is not right.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

MMMMMMMMMM.....his rumen is sunken in...but that could also be from breathing so hard.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

He has some Baking Soda in him now. When I gave it to him, I could hear his stomach rumbling.

Could this be FKS?

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

I kept thinking rumen acidosis!! But the rumble is a good thing....Is he eating on his own???? Will he drink molasses, water and baking soda from bottle or bowl????

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I kept thinking rumen acidosis!! But the rumble is a good thing....Is he eating on his own???? Will he drink molasses, water and baking soda from bottle or bowl????

He is swallowing, so I gave it to him with a drench gun. He sitting up now at least. Before when I put him down, he would lay flat out. Hopefully a treatment of baking soda and nutridench will do the trick.

Thanks for the help everybody. Hopefully he'll pull out of this. Good thing I caught this quick, right?

ETA: Should I just do the baking soda mixture and not give him any milk for a while?

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Hold off on the milk for a bit yes... FKS causes the gut to stop...which sets up the perfect scenario for enterotoxemia and polio.

Do you have C&D antitoxin??? If so give 10cc orally the 10cc SQ injection every 12 hrs. And give him b complex to avoid goat polio and provide energy and boost appetite.

If he's willing to drink the molasses/cornsyrup and baking soda out of a bowl..thats great for you...Its much better for him to take it on his own..rather than drenching...no risk of aspiration that way!

Anemia can also cause heavy breathing...just glance at his eyelids and make sure he's good.

But that video really didnt make me think of anemia at all...

Good luck...I hope he pulls through for you!

 

[Roll farms]

I would probably give him more baking soda / nutridrench in 2 hrs.

Might let him have 4oz of milk before you go to bed. But I'd wait as long as possible.

Don't let a goat lay on it's side, prop him up w/pillows or something if you have to....keep him on his brisket.

(Fair warning, he's apt to have a nasty case o' the poos before this is over...but that's better than sick / dead)
Also try and control his milk intake if you're bottling him.
Don't feed him more than 6 or 8 oz every 6-8 hrs, so he has time to digest. Mama goats do this naturally by controlling their intake....USUALLY....

Honestly, the sunk in look makes me think he's not being fed well / enough...but I just don't know. Sorry.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I would probably give him more baking soda / nutridrench in 2 hrs.

Might let him have 4oz of milk before you go to bed. But I'd wait as long as possible.

Don't let a goat lay on it's side, prop him up w/pillows or something if you have to....keep him on his brisket.

(Fair warning, he's apt to have a nasty case o' the poos before this is over...but that's better than sick / dead)
Also try and control his milk intake if you're bottling him.
Don't feed him more than 6 or 8 oz every 6-8 hrs, so he has time to digest. Mama goats do this naturally by controlling their intake....USUALLY....

Honestly, the sunk in look makes me think he's not being fed well / enough...but I just don't know. Sorry.

I have him propped up on a pillow already because I just don't like to see any goat (kid or adult) laid out flat on their side. I knew that couldn't be good for a rumen, so I had already done that. Yay me for doing something right.

I'm probably going to have to pull him from mama goat. I don't know if she will take him back, but I'll try tomorrow. For tonight, he's my youngin. My HARDHEADED youngin.