Cow's Milk vs Canned Goat Milk?

[Pearce Pastures]

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

She is adorable!

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

Resurrecting my thread here.....

Baby developed scours on Sunday night. Vet did a fecal on Monday - found ONE cocci, She still put her on albon, and told me to put her back on goats milk.

So - three days of Albon and goats milk - still has scours.

Could it really have been the cow's milk? She was only getting a 25/75 mix and had been on it for 5 days when the scours started.

I really need to get her on cow's milk. Should I wait til the scours clear up and try again?

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Okay, first the vet should not be putting her on a medication to treat a single cocci egg. All animals have coccidia in them at all times and it is only when there is an overgrowth that treatment is needed.

There are other causes of scours (bacterial growth for instance) or eating too much at once. While she is transitioned slowly to cow's milk, she may have a touch of softer poos, but you are making the change gradually to help prevent full on scours. I would give her a bit of revitalyte perhaps if you notice her starting to get lose stools, but there is no reason she can't be on whole cow's milk.


Edited because I am still thinking on this.

If the scours had anything to do with cocci, the Albon would have stopped it by now. Does she have a fever at all? How much is she eating and how often?

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

She is taking 4oz every 4-6 hours. She was three weeks old on Tuesday. She will go 6+ hours at night without a bottle, but about 4 hours thru the day.

On Sunday the poo was green and very runny Almost like mucus. Sorry for the graphic details.

Today, still kinda green, but not as runny. Kinda pudding consistancy.

She's acting fine - running around etc.

I am also giving her probios in every third bottle.

She is not eating any solids yet. I have hay available, but she only seems interested in chewing on my clothes and my hair. :/

 

[Pearce Pastures]

The feeding schedule sounds okay. Couple more questions.

1) Has she been vaccinated with CD&T?
2) What shade of green, like really dark, bright?
3) What is her temperture

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

No CD&T yet. We've had three trips to the vet in three weeks.

Is it safe to give her the vaccine with everything else going on?

Green - like pea soup green. It reminds me of baby food peas.

Her temp was a little high at the Vet on Monday, but I have not taken it since.

Right now it's been only three hours since her last bottle and she's acting hungry. I haven't increased her feedings because I thought that might make things worse.

I swear raising my human kid was MUCH easier than this!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I would love another member's opinion here on what I am thinking so hoping someone else will jump in...

I would give the CD&T and I am wondering if an anti-toxin might be in order as well.
I am thinking she may have bacterial scours and the only medication I ever used when we had that was something called SMZ-TMP and the vet prescribed it after I asked for it upon the advice of someone here (it is a sulfa for coccidia and an antibiotic). It worked very fast and after dealing with some very sick goats for weeks, I was so very relieved. I don't know that your vet will be keen on you telling her what you want for this goat so I am wondering if another person might have a medication suggestion.


Also, you might PM a mod and ask this to be moved to the ER section.

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

Here is what she has been given:

Cefovecin on Jan 12 - 4 days old, not eating, standing etc.

Enroflox/Baytril - starting Jan 15 for fours days d/t pneumonia.

This kid has had enough Vitamin B to last a year! One injection at each vet visit.

Plus I gave her B gel those first few days to try and get her to eat.

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

I called around today, no one has goats in milk this time of year. No fresh milk to buy. I bought some canned goat's milk instead.

Has anyone used this for bottle babies before?

Is this better than cow's milk?