Doeling with stopped up nose only in the morning

[Mini-M Ranch]

Same thing this morning....called our vet. He said he'd see her at his office for $25 plus meds. I think it is worth that for my peace of mind. Luckily she is little and I can throw her in the car. It would have cost $60 more for him to come here. So, we are seeing the vet at 3 pm. Wish us luck

 

[ksalvagno]

When you are new to an animal, it is better to be safe than sorry. Once your knowledge base increases, there will be fewer trips to the vet. My vet is the same way, cheaper to take them to the office than a farm call.

 

[freemotion]

I can't see a vet here for less than $200. $25? Go for it!!! And ask a zillion questions to get your money's worth!

 

[cmjust0]

Our vet's office has a different fee schedule for livestock than they do for 'small animals,' even though they're applying the same costly knowledge and -- in many cases -- the same medications.

I had two cases of entropion in one kidding..twin sisters, each with the lower left lid flipped..and our vet fixed them up with two stitches per lid for $42 out the door. I think it was $20 each listed as "Surgical Procedure," plus $1 each for supplies.

Notice, however, there was no charge for anaesthetic... You think they scream when they're being disbudded? Yeah...try listening to one squall as somebody's threading a needle through their eyelid while they're wide awake... Yikes.. The vet held a big grin and kept a conversation with me the entire time, too..."So, how's farm life?!? You guys enjoying it out there??"

Um..yeah..um..

 

[Mini-M Ranch]

Well, just back from the vet. Diagnosis, URI. Good news is that her lungs were completely clear, membranes were nice and pink. So, it may have started as an allergy, but she was coughing this morning, which she hadn't done before.

He said we caught it very early and the med he prescribed should be enough to knock it out. He gave her an injection of Excenel and sent me home with 4 more to give once a day.

She was nice enough to poop on him when he took her temp, so he was nice enough to take a fecal. Everything there looked good, too. YIPPEE!

All total I paid 25.00 for the visit, 20.00 for the shots, and $3.25 for the "biohazard removal" $48.25 to fix the baby doesn't seem too bad. And next time I will know what to look for.

 

[ksalvagno]

Great to hear that your goat will be alright and that you caught it early.

 

[trestlecreek]

Good job getting her taken care of.
Nope, can't complain at that price. My vet charges similar...

 

[Mini-M Ranch]

Had to take Betty back to the vet yesterday, as her nose was still not clear and she was still coughing a bit.

The vet gave her a shot of antibiotics that is supposed to last 7 days. It's called Draxxin, not sure what it is exactly, since dear husband took her in this time because my son and daughter have bronchitis and aren't not allowed to go anywhere (husband decided he could better deal with a sick goat than two sick people kids). He also gave her an injection of Ivermectin, even though we had dewormed her orally with Ivermectin on 9-10. He said her eyelids looked great, nice and pink, but he wanted to re-deworm in case of lung worms. I think he was surprised that she was still stuffed up and still coughing.

Maybe the breeder was right...perhaps it is an allergy.

Please send good vibes that this recent round of antibiotics will work, I am getting worried about her rumen with all these extra bacteria killing drugs in her system.

 

[ksalvagno]

Just give her Probios every day. That should help.

Hopefully this will take care of it. Too bad they don't have tests for allergies in animals like they do in humans.

 

[cmjust0]

Any fever?

If there's still no fever, I'd say something else is going on and another round of antibiotics won't help it.

The good news, I guess, is that if there's no fever and no lungworm, it's probably something minor. Allergies, dusty hay, something like that.