TGreenhut
Loving the herd life
Ok so last sunday I posted a topic on this because one of my three goats had diarrhea. You guys thought it was cocci so I treated them ALL for cocci/parasites for the proper 5 days. The diarrhea had completely cleared up for the weekend (treatment stopped on friday) but now it's monday and a DIFFERENT goat has diarrhea. On the last topic someone suggested it could be dietary (because the poop is dark green and "pudding-y"). So we thought the could have been caused by how on sunday they got into the horse food. But to my knoweldge they haven't gotten into anything since.
Background knowledge:
I feed them each one cup of purina goat chow each day, alfalfa hay, and they have access to our pasture all day.
The girls when they get diarrhea the have no other symptoms.
For the possible cocci I gave all of them sulfamethazine in pill form for cocci 5 days in a row, cleaned their water dishes, gave them fresh food, and cleaned/put down fresh shavings where they sleep. I also gave them vitamins/electrolytes in their water and used bleach in some areas to kill germs.
I didn't do anything to treat the possible dietary problems because i thought the diarrhea had stopped.
Background knowledge:
I feed them each one cup of purina goat chow each day, alfalfa hay, and they have access to our pasture all day.
The girls when they get diarrhea the have no other symptoms.
For the possible cocci I gave all of them sulfamethazine in pill form for cocci 5 days in a row, cleaned their water dishes, gave them fresh food, and cleaned/put down fresh shavings where they sleep. I also gave them vitamins/electrolytes in their water and used bleach in some areas to kill germs.
I didn't do anything to treat the possible dietary problems because i thought the diarrhea had stopped.
