Coughing goat, please help!

[OneFineAcre]

That's a high temp
I think you are wise to call vet because another antibiotic may be needed and you can only get banamine from a vet
And sometimes really high temps can indicate it is viral and not bacterial

 

[mirandaleecon]

Well we finally got her temp to come down, we had to put her in the tub with cold water until it came down to 103.8. The vet said to give her baby asprin as well. Had sent my bf to get some but he came back with acetaminophen instead :/ so I'm going to go get some asprin.
She seemed much better after the bath, she was dragging me around the yard by the leash to eat all the stuff she usually can't get to. Then she fell asleep with her head in her bowl, eating what she didn't this morning, I'm sure she is exhausted. Poor girl.

 

[mirandaleecon]

Oh, and her poo is getting soft. She's dropping one big ball instead of little pellets. I'm sure the antibiotic isn't helping that, anything I should do to help her stomach? I tried giving her some kefir but she would only eat it off my fingers but wouldn't touch it in the cup. Going to cut back on the pellets/grain too...

 

[OneFineAcre]

Probiotics for stomach

 

[babsbag]

I have been told that when they are sick the best thing to offer them is browse...even if you have to cut it and bring it to her. Glad to hear that she felt good enough for a walk and was eating. The different foodstuff could cause the change in poo too. Hope that her temp stays down.

Is she a small goat?

 

[mirandaleecon]

She is medium sized, I suppose, about 60lb maybe. Her temp spiked again, we kept her in the tub for almost 2 hours and the lowest it got was 105.3 and she started shivering. Asprin doesn't seem to be doing any good. She has full on scours now I'm so disheartened, I thought she would be alright but now I'm not so sure.
The vet gave us another antibiotic, sulfamethoxazole. Hopefully that will be more effective. I guess now all we can do is wait and see. If she is still here in the morning, I'm going to see if the vet will come here.

 

[babsbag]

I am so sorry; I hate it when they are sick. Scours doesn't surprise me but it worries me because of dehydration; especially with the fever. Would he not give you any banamine? That usually works for me. Maybe try the ibuprofen. How many baby aspirin are you giving her? I don't know if your vet is a goat vet but goats have a very high metabolism and we usually give higher doses of some meds. Fiasco Farm says 325 mg aspirin... 1 for every 10 lbs so she would need 6 adult aspirin. That is a lot of baby aspirins. Maybe you just aren't giving her enough. Sometimes with goats we throw the medicine cabinet at them and pray.

 

[mirandaleecon]

Well it's been a long couple of days. Took her to the vet sunday and she gave her a couple shots and some more meds for me to give her. Her temp was down to 102 yesterday then this morning it was back up to 104.6. She also passed some blood and what looked like globs of tissue. Thought it might be worms but it was just mucusy looking. So I took her back to the vet, she got a long acting antibiotic and some fluids. She did a fecal and she did find coccidia but said that shouldn't cause the fever like it was. Her temp also went back down to 103ish on it's own.

I'm hoping one of the antibiotics is doing something and that she gets over whatever it is before the scours take her down.

Besides the scours, she is acting much better, still eating and drinking...

 

[mirandaleecon]

Just brought her some baking soda and she very willingly ate some. I don't know why I didn't bring her some sooner. Meant to actually put some out before all of this started...She started making a weird hmph noise while she was eating it, sounded like a squeeky toy. Is that normal? Never heard it before now...

Also, when I was out there, I heard the 2 week old buckling grinding his teeth :O I took his temp and it was 103. No sign of scours but his mom is on top of keeping him clean and I can never catch him in the act. Super hyper still but the teeth grinding worries me since that's what Janice has been doing the last couple days...

 

[babsbag]

Glad she is hanging in there. Not sure about the squeaky toy sound, don't think I have heard that one. 103 is a pretty normal temp. I don't worry until it gets to the high end of 103 but with your history you are smart to watch him.

No chance that Janice was bred and aborted? Could you be dealing with a uterine infection?