Help again *sigh*

[20kidsonhill]

after you get done reading all of the great advice. Just take a deep breath and make a list of suggestions.

First baking soda atleast 1 teaspoon.

If you can get your hands on C&D antitoxin (not the vaccine) get a bottle and treat the kid.

Get some vitamin B and treat the kid.

Make sure the kid is able to get to hay(all day) and small amount of grain one or two times a day.

go to your Tractor supply store or co-op and research corid and Sulfa-dimeth and start treating the kid.

Find a vet in your area and get fecal tests done.

 

[noskiveez]

The didn't find worm or coccida. They have a salt block and have been licking it. I've pepto'd him. This morning when I was out there with him I went to move him and he belched like nothing I have ever heard before. His stomach isn't so fat (I pulled all the hay and grain out last night) and swept every poop pellet and bit of grain out) he seems much better today. His poop isn't just running out. Its thickened up some. He is up and walking around now. I was feeding sweet feed goat grains. It says goat on the bag. Its like oats and corn in molasses.

Maybe I was over stuffing them?

Should I feed 2 or 3 times a day instead of leaving them with a bunch of food?

I haven't vax'd them yet. There is someone else in our podunk town with goats and she wipes out the supplies here. I have to order it and have it delivered.

I turned my home internet service back on so I could do a lot of research on this. I'm just so stressed over them that I can't sleep.

I read not to use vax's on sick goats so I didn't do any because there is always a problem. I am putting Deccox in the grain.

The herd was originally one goat that I got from a friend, then she was the little tricolor buck and I went and got him and they gave me the white buck free. He didn't look good but was doing great after we got him and 5 days later they sold me a mama and doe baby. They are rather docile. I only have one real spunky goat and its mostly people she is spunky with.

 

[ksalvagno]

I would keep the hay out for them. Just not the grain for now. Also, I'm not sure about that salt lick. It is a mineral block or strictly salt? Can you find loose goat minerals in your area?

You can leave hay out full time. But when you are ready to feed grain, I would only feed them once or twice a day. Grain is really a supplement and they don't need much unless they are milking.

 

[cmjust0]

Should I feed 2 or 3 times a day instead of leaving them with a bunch of food?

Yep -- that was most likely the start of your problem.

I'd take them off grain for a while and feed plenty of good quality, free-choice hay, then slowly reintroduce it as needed. I never, ever feed so much grain that they can't clean it up in a matter of just a few minutes.. The only time I'll give them more than maybe 5min worth is if I've got one on the stanchion trimming hooves or something, and then they're usually so aggravated at me that they won't gobble.

Grain isn't "goat food" in the sense that dog food is dog food.. Grain is a supplement to regular forage, which consists of browsing, grazing, and eating hay. Goats do not generally *require* grain unless their regular forage is of low quality.

Edit: Yeah, pretty much what ksal said in far fewer words.