Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm

[Green Acres Farm]

Hope she makes it.

 

[Southern by choice]

She is doing great!

Thanks all!

We wrapped her in a towel put a heating pad around her and held her.
Gave Rx Thiamine IM
Gave BoSe IM
dipped fingers in nutri-drench and rubbed on gums

Very strange- she was down, lethargic, and almost catatonic... we were seeing no eye movement and as if though she were blind

Her temp was at 100 but mouth was cold- once she seemed more stable we put her with her sister and we waited...
5:00 am and she was a hollerin' for a bottle!

 

[NH homesteader]

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

Great news @Southern by choice

 

[samssimonsays]

Wow! look at all the kids I missed happening! So glad baby is doing well!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Woohoo - so glad she's better!!

 

[Green Acres Farm]

 

[OneFineAcre]

That's great news
I used to always hear people talk about giving BoSe to weak kids but at that point we had never really had weak kids
But then a couple years ago we lost a weak kid and the necropsy said it was white muscle disease
And then last year we had some weak ones and our vet said he had seen Thiamine deficiency in some of his kids
Now if we don't see vigorous nursing then we give Bose and Thiamine
I know that you can have selinium toxicity but with a Nigerian 3/10 of a ML I think that is such a low risk
So we give 3/10 Bose and 3/10 of Thiamine and we repeat the Thiamine for a few days

 

[Southern by choice]

That's great news
I used to always hear people talk about giving BoSe to weak kids but at that point we had never really had weak kids
But then a couple years ago we lost a weak kid and the necropsy said it was white muscle disease
And then last year we had some weak ones and our vet said he had seen Thiamine deficiency in some of his kids
Now if we don't see vigorous nursing then we give Bose and Thiamine
I know that you can have selinium toxicity but with a Nigerian 3/10 of a ML I think that is such a low risk
So we give 3/10 Bose and 3/10 of Thiamine and we repeat the Thiamine for a few days

Same as you, we just never have weak kids... but obviously something was wrong and we felt it was our best option.
We will probably do a sampling of goats for a mineral analysis to see where we are herd wise but it is perplexing... obviously they are fed well, seeing as how most are fat lol.
We are going to give the thiamine for a few days ... she is perky and doing good. So glad!

We have come up with names for the two girls
Lets see who can guess without GOOGLING! @BlessedWithGoats you can't say because you already know!

Where are these names from...

Wings & Caprines Hester Prynne
Wings & Caprines Pearl

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Same as you, we just never have weak kids... but obviously something was wrong and we felt it was our best option.
We will probably do a sampling of goats for a mineral analysis to see where we are herd wise but it is perplexing... obviously they are fed well, seeing as how most are fat lol.
We are going to give the thiamine for a few days ... she is perky and doing good. So glad!

We have come up with names for the two girls
Lets see who can guess without GOOGLING! @BlessedWithGoats you can't say because you already know!

Where are these names from...

Wings & Caprines Hester Prynne
Wings & Caprines Pearl

I won't say nuthin...