help asap!!!! goat is in trouble

[animallover1]

i have a goat she is about 5 months old and she is bloated under her chin is swollen and she doesnt have much energy she is eating what should we do 2 help her plz asap

 

[ksalvagno]

Get her to a vet.

 

[animallover1]

thx 4 the quick response... we have been lookin for a number to call this late and called people we know who have goats hopefully she makes it

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

That sounds like bottle jaw, which is a sign of worm infestation. Call the vet and ask them how they would like you to collect a sample of her feces. Then, they will be able to determine what you should use to worm her.

 

[Roll farms]

Keep her calm, if they're bad enough to have edema from anemia from blood thinning, stress can kill them.

Give her a double dose of Safeguard (available at farm stores), the liquid MEANT FOR GOATS, not the horse paste. Give it to her for 3 days straight.

It's a 'weak' wormer, and you want to gradually kill off this worm infestation, it's quite likely barberpole and waiting to see a vet may kill her. Killing them suddenly w/ a 'better' wormer could plug her up / kill her.

This weekend, give her a dose of Ivermectin (ivomec injectable), 1cc per 25#, orally...repeat next weekend.

Offer her 1/4-1/2 cup calf manna morning and night.

If you can get Red Cell, give her red cell, 5-10 cc. Farm stores carry it in gallon jugs in the horse section.

Give her 5-10 cc of B vitamin every other day for a week.

Give her probiotics (another paste, farm stores have it) daily for 3 days.

Even if I'm wrong and it's not bottle jaw from worms, none of this will "hurt" her, and may well save her.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

It may even be helpful to give some activated charcoal in case the dying worms give off toxins.