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[BlueMoonFarms]

My goat Annie, is on the verge of being down. I can get her to stand but its difficult.
Shes hot to the touch, has liquid diarrhea and she keeps yawning. No blood in stool.
This all happened within 24 hours.
No sign of worms, nothing toxic that we can find in the goat pen, and he food has not changed.
I have called my vet but have not hard back yet. Until then, any suggestions?

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Take her temp. What do her eyelids look like? Check her gums, are they white or gray?

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Gums are pink, eyes are dark red but hubby just milked her out and we found blood in one of the milk glands.
The mastitis test did not show up mastitis either yesterday or today (We do random testing thankfully)
I'll take her temp shortly.

 

[alsea1]

How are the other herd members
Does the diarrhea have a foul odor to it
If it does smell really bad I would suspect cocci
without lab work though a diagnosis is just guessing game at best
I hope your vet gets to you soon.
Till you hear from the vet I would give electrolytes and just do supportive care right now
Dehydration is going to do a lot of harm. So you need to keep her hydrated and replace the stuff she is loosing

 

[alsea1]

Def. take her temp
An abnormal temp can tell you if there is some kind of infection somewhere

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

How are the other herd members
Does the diarrhea have a foul odor to it
If it does smell really bad I would suspect cocci
without lab work though a diagnosis is just guessing game at best
I hope your vet gets to you soon.
Till you hear from the vet I would give electrolytes and just do supportive care right now
Dehydration is going to do a lot of harm. So you need to keep her hydrated and replace the stuff she is loosing

It smells different, but not sour. Still no word from vet.
I have gatorade im going to give her if I cant get her to eat. molasses water first.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

105.1 is her temp. its high not low which means infection correct?
Also her stomach is getting a little tight while she is laying down, you don't think I should be worried about bloat on top of everything else do you?

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Oh, and every other animal in the farm is acting normal. No diarrhea, no thick poop, not even a belly ache.

 

[alsea1]

How long ago did she kid
It might be good to massage her belly to help her move any gas
Get your vet out asap
Is she fairly alert still
Is she making any sounds of distress

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

She kidded 6 weeks ago.
She is not making any distress noises, I still haven't heard back from the vet, I just another message but if shes in the barn and forgot her cell phone it could be an hour+ that I wait.
She is still a tiny bit "alert" sorta speak. She did get and move, she is not laying out flat just hunched up.
No distress calls.