Goat with runny poop, Please Help

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OK so today I come and find goat splats EVERYWHERE, my precious doe Sass with a bit of poo on her bum and a LOT of poo on our new bucks bum, both are runny. Sass was trembling (but I think she was cold) so she is inside, however our buck, Starbuck, is ACTING fine, but is obviously sick. So I have 2 guesses on what is happening,
When we got Starbuck he was healthy.
He bred Sass a couple times for 2 days.
But I think the diseases over at OUR place he has not encountered before / no immunity, so he is now sick.
I think Sass had a butt with DIRT, not poop, on it, and I maybe wanted a reason to bring her inside :hide

Which asks the question, WHAT do you think he is sick with? He has a poopy tail / butt, but otherwise acts fine. He wants to breed, eats hay, drink water, yadda yadda. \

Please help :)

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Have you done a fecal? Did they get into anything? Have you wormed them lately? If so with what?

Be sure they have water, hay, and if possible, green leaves. NO GRAIN.
 

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He could have brought parasites with him from his last house. Fecal?
 

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Could be a bacterial infection causing scours. What's his temp?

If I were you I would quarantine him because likely he brought it from his original farm and you don't want it affecting yours ;)
 

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SheepGirl said:
Could be a bacterial infection causing scours. What's his temp?

If I were you I would quarantine him because likely he brought it from his original farm and you don't want it affecting yours ;)
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I can NOT believe I forgot to ask his temp. :rolleyes:
 

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Temp, fecal asap, and has his food changed?
Are you feeding the same everything including hay that the breeder was?
I know you just got that gorgeous boy! I don't remember, how old is he and when was his last fecal and last worming from the breeder?
 

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Done no fecal, however going to call a vet, see if they can send in a fecal test to be done :fl
 

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Southern by choice said:
Temp, fecal asap, and has his food changed?
Are you feeding the same everything including hay that the breeder was?
I know you just got that gorgeous boy! I don't remember, how old is he and when was his last fecal and last worming from the breeder?
Hay may have been different,
Our only thermonter broke, have no backup
Has no grain.
Thanks, according to his registration he wasborn 09, so 3 years, not sure on his last fecal and worming, I'll call them now
 

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found a place that usually does small animals that can fecal test, coccia test, and worm test for $56.
Too much?
I'll look around for others
Found one who will do it for 28.50, but will do a float, a something.... and if they find something abnormal they will do a smear.
Can you do a float with diaharria?
 
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