lungewhipqueen
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Ugh... I have sick goat. She's a 2 yr old Boer/Savanna doe with 33 day old twins. These are her first kids. All has been well until day before yesterday when I noticed she seemed a little off. Just not as active as normal. She still came for dinner with the herd and ate her grain but didn't seem overly excited about her hay.
Yesterday she was CLEARLY not well. She still wanted her grain but wouldn't touch her hay and I never saw her drink. She stood in a corner away from everyone and eventually laid down there. I put her in a stall with her kids, gave her an extra heat lamp since the weather turned nasty and cold again yesterday evening. Gave them fresh hay, water with electrolytes and grain.
This morning the water hadn't been touched, she still had all her hay and she was sternal, but wouldn't get up. We brought her and the kids inside (I have a little pen in my laundry room).
She has an elevated temp and even though she had great color 30 days ago, her gums are grew now. I went ahead and dewormed her with Cydectin this morning. She's not interested in grain and I've not seen her drink anything but she is still peeing. So I don't know if she's dehydrated or not. I have seen her nibbling very small amounts of hay occasionally. When she poops she doesn't have nuggets, it's just one sticky mass. She's been inside for about 2 1/2 hours and she's still on her feet... so that's good. I haven't seen her let the kids nurse, but their sides aren't sunk in and they appear to be fine at this point. She's seems to be focusing inward, but she is alert to her surroundings. She's not glassy eyed, she's not grinding her teeth. She just looks like she doesn't feel good.
At this point I wouldn't have suspected Ketosis, but could that be a possibility?
As far as worm load, I realize kidding creates a heavier load but could she really have gone from beautiful dark pink gums to grey in 30 days from parasites? She's always had amazing resistance.
My other thought was possible toxins. One of my llamas was acting almost identicle last week. He's fine now. Honestly, I just thought he was on his way out since we think he's quite old. But now that she's acting this way, I'm wondering if it's possible that there was a poisonous plant in my last round bale? I have 9 adult goats, 2 llamas and 6 kids all eating from the same bale. It's gone now and no one else got sick, but...
Any advice would be appreciated.
Yesterday she was CLEARLY not well. She still wanted her grain but wouldn't touch her hay and I never saw her drink. She stood in a corner away from everyone and eventually laid down there. I put her in a stall with her kids, gave her an extra heat lamp since the weather turned nasty and cold again yesterday evening. Gave them fresh hay, water with electrolytes and grain.
This morning the water hadn't been touched, she still had all her hay and she was sternal, but wouldn't get up. We brought her and the kids inside (I have a little pen in my laundry room).
She has an elevated temp and even though she had great color 30 days ago, her gums are grew now. I went ahead and dewormed her with Cydectin this morning. She's not interested in grain and I've not seen her drink anything but she is still peeing. So I don't know if she's dehydrated or not. I have seen her nibbling very small amounts of hay occasionally. When she poops she doesn't have nuggets, it's just one sticky mass. She's been inside for about 2 1/2 hours and she's still on her feet... so that's good. I haven't seen her let the kids nurse, but their sides aren't sunk in and they appear to be fine at this point. She's seems to be focusing inward, but she is alert to her surroundings. She's not glassy eyed, she's not grinding her teeth. She just looks like she doesn't feel good.
At this point I wouldn't have suspected Ketosis, but could that be a possibility?
As far as worm load, I realize kidding creates a heavier load but could she really have gone from beautiful dark pink gums to grey in 30 days from parasites? She's always had amazing resistance.
My other thought was possible toxins. One of my llamas was acting almost identicle last week. He's fine now. Honestly, I just thought he was on his way out since we think he's quite old. But now that she's acting this way, I'm wondering if it's possible that there was a poisonous plant in my last round bale? I have 9 adult goats, 2 llamas and 6 kids all eating from the same bale. It's gone now and no one else got sick, but...
Any advice would be appreciated.