The goat life
Chillin' with the herd
I am kinda of lost what to do currently. I have 3 goats that are pets. One of them, Whiskey; 27 months old had what I believe is a respiratory issue. Yesterday i thought it was maybe a rumen issue. However he has developed a wheeze overnight and has a hard time walking or standing for to long. He wasn’t eating but drinking water. he than stopped drinking water until an about an Hour ago and is drinking small amounts. He has had a hard time getting up but is laying down a lot so maybe thought he was just stiff. He did get up on his own and drank a pretty good amount of water from his dish a little bit ago. I gave him penicillin last night as that is when he was kinda started breathing with a wheezing and still as of today. he lays in my lap and I noticed when he switches position, his rear stomach, rumen, flank area spasms a little bit. His rumen is pretty slow; what gas he belches smells way worse than his normal. He just got up and assumed the peeing position; however no go. He did go and take a couple swigs of water again though. When he assumed the position I cleared the penis area to see if there was any crystal build up and nothing. Usually its even a little wet and it wasn’t. Thinking maybe just nothing to pee. His pee last night and early this morning was a good consistent stream. Poop had been normal up till this afternoon, and it’s light brown; cat turd consistency.
my area area is VERY limited on vets let alone livestock ones. Plus Xmas really throws a wrench in it. We have left messages within a 2 hour radius so we will see; I just hope it is not too late. We are not doing well as these are house trained pets and also stay in there barn. His brothers are beside themselves.
temperature is 102.9
Thank you very any advice
my area area is VERY limited on vets let alone livestock ones. Plus Xmas really throws a wrench in it. We have left messages within a 2 hour radius so we will see; I just hope it is not too late. We are not doing well as these are house trained pets and also stay in there barn. His brothers are beside themselves.
temperature is 102.9
Thank you very any advice