Help , baby goat with Pneumonia??

[Mason&lily]

I went and picked up my little bottle baby doeling (Friday) , well when I got her home I noticed once in a while she would have a wet mucus cough , well I just thought it could be since she was only 3 days old maybe she still had some mucus, but now she has runny nose with greenish snot , won't always finish her bottle , and still has the cough. Can any one tell me if I'm right and how to treat her ??

 

[Latestarter]

Sounds like pneumonia... I have no experience so would get her to a vet to make sure, and get her on some antibiotics. @Southern by choice @babsbag @goatgurl @OneFineAcre @frustratedearthmother @animalmom ?

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear that your doeling isn't feeling well... can you take a temperature on her and see what it is-it's always a good idea to do this before treating.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

A baby that young can go down so quickly. What's her temp? I'd definitely get a call in to the vet ASAP. Attaching a link for you to browse:

http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/pneumonia06.html

Hope you get it under control quickly!

 

[OneFineAcre]

I too would call a vet.
Do you have any antibiotics on hand?
If a vet is not an option, and she has a fever I would treat with antibiotics.

 

[Southern by choice]

I too would call a vet.
Do you have any antibiotics on hand?
If a vet is not an option, and she has a fever I would treat with antibiotics.

x2

 

[Mason&lily]

when I first took her temperature it was 100.5 , then I took another temp. it was 103.2 , then I took another and it was 104.4 but I just pulled her from out under a heat lamp so I think it was a little elevated because of that. I turned the lamp off and I will take it again in a little. I don't have really any vets around here that do goats most are very far away. I gave her a children mucus relief liquid, it has a decongestant, a expectorant that a website I think the one above recommended. I have some antibiotics on hand. But a friend of mine said I should wait until she starts a fever before I use it because it could cause her to get an upset stomach.

 

[Mason&lily]

she still acts normal and regularly pees and poops, she still has a normal appetite.

 

[Mason&lily]

and her snot isn't really green now its kinda white cloudy

 

[Mason&lily]

just took her temp. it was 103.6