Diarrhea....??

[dhansen]

So my doe that kidded 4 weeks ago seems to have "loose" poop. It's not runny, but definitely big globs and she is pretty thin. I just finished a round of Albon and did probios berore and during that, but they are still the same. She is nursing triplets, so I know keeping weight on her is tough. Any ideas or should I not be too concerned since she acts normal, and eats well?

 

[ksalvagno]

I would have a fecal done. Albon is great for coccidia but won't take care of anything else.

You could always add some alfalfa pellets or Calf Manna to her diet to try and help beef her up.

 

[dhansen]

Thank you. I will get a fecal done.

 

[cmjust0]

So my doe that kidded 4 weeks ago seems to have "loose" poop. It's not runny, but definitely big globs and she is pretty thin. I just finished a round of Albon and did probios berore and during that, but they are still the same. She is nursing triplets, so I know keeping weight on her is tough. Any ideas or should I not be too concerned since she acts normal, and eats well?

Did you deworm her after she kidded?

Common wisdom is to deworm pretty much as soon as a doe kids to counter something called the "periparturient rise" in fecal egg counts. Some worms actually lay dormant while the doe's gestating, then become hellatious active around the time she gives birth.

If she were here, I'd deworm and give probios. If that didn't clear her up, I'd probably worm again and give some Scour-Halt/Neomycin just in case it's bacterial...but it doesn't sound bacterial.

Keep in mind that it could also be a dietary scour if you've increased her grain ration...though, after four weeks, you'd expect that she'd have that worked out by now.

 

[dhansen]

I wormed her a couple days after she kidded and then two weeks after that. And yes, I did give her probios too. I'm thinking it may be because she eats a lot of green grass out in the pasture as well as alfalfa. She acts completely normal, though.

 

[goat lady]

We woke up this morning to our one year old Buck having the runs. When we came home from church a couple of hours ago he had it all over his bottom. So we just went out and dewormed him. What happened with your doe? Did you have to deworm again? If so when did you deworm again. I have a doe who is due to kid in the next couple of weeks and she has like solid poo. She did that last year when she was getting ready to kid and then once she kidded she was fine. So I just want to keep this stuff in mind in case it is different this kidding.

 

[Roll farms]

The main thing to keep in mind when you have a goat with diarrhea is that there's no way to get a definitive diagnosis w/out a fecal.

There many causes for diarrhea, some life-threatening, some merely mild stomach upset (like too much green pasture).

It can be dangerous to assume the cause of your goat's diarrhea is the same as someone else's, and / or that the treatment they have success with will work for your goat.

Location, diet, parasite loads, age, overall health / condition and type of parasites...ALL can have an effect.

Any goat who's not pooping 'berries' here would get her temp taken, eyelids checked for anemia, and an overall visual check up. I would take into account any possible feed changes (lush pasture, new hay, etc.)
I would then give them some probiotic paste, and if they have pale lids, they'd be dewormed w/ valbazen if they're not pregnant...ivomec or safeguard if they are.
If they have diarrhea for more than a day, a fecal sample would go to the vet...

If a kid has diarrhea, they get a fecal ASAP, unless I know a possible cause (coccidia in older kids, e coli in younger ones, worms, new feed, etc.)....kids can become dehydrated and die amazingly quickly.

It is fairly common at our farm for a heavy-bred doe to have clumpy poop. But diarrhea is never 'normal', and warrants some investigation.