norseofcourse
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Oh, and when you've tried to give her a bottle, what are you feeding her? If it's a mix, is it milk based or soy based?
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Red cell is helpful for anemia and most goats don't mind the flavor. You can give it orally through a syringe a little at a time.
How long ago were the other wormers given? do you have the doses of what was given and the route (injected or given orally)?
If she has a really high wormload, killing all the worms at once can be dangerous.
How long ago were the other wormers given? do you have the doses of what was given and the route (injected or given orally)?
If she has a really high wormload, killing all the worms at once can be dangerous.
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The strongyles should be killed by the wormers once we get a good one in there that covers the stomach worms too, For the cocci, she needs a sulfa based treatment. Sulfadimethox, or the like.
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If you have had her two months she is most likely not going to take a bottle. If she is as young as she sounds she should have been on a bottle until she was 8 weeks old at least so that might be part of the reason why she wasn't eating much.
Ivermectin, Corrid, and safeguard should have taken care of the worms and the cocci but ONLY if she was dosed correctly. AG teachers have a lot to do so maybe your goat didn't get the entire treatments that she needed. It is too bad you can't have her at home with you at least for a while so you can make sure she gets what she needs.
Personally I would start at square one with her. She weighs 27 lbs and has brown stomach worms. They gave you Cydectin...is it the cattle pour on? How did they tell you to dose it? It should be 1cc per 20 lbs given orally, not pour on or injected. Repeat in 10 days and do this three times.
Does she have any diarrhea?
Get another stool sample and get a fecal done; the vet doesn't need to see her, just get one to do a fecal. And like others said, get some Red Cell, and some goat Nutri Drench.
That being said, if she has a very heavy worm load the treatment can kill her. I would call around to different vets and find one that will treat goats. They may want you to do a slower worming process so that all the worms don't detach and die off at once and the goat bleeds out internally.
Ivermectin, Corrid, and safeguard should have taken care of the worms and the cocci but ONLY if she was dosed correctly. AG teachers have a lot to do so maybe your goat didn't get the entire treatments that she needed. It is too bad you can't have her at home with you at least for a while so you can make sure she gets what she needs.
Personally I would start at square one with her. She weighs 27 lbs and has brown stomach worms. They gave you Cydectin...is it the cattle pour on? How did they tell you to dose it? It should be 1cc per 20 lbs given orally, not pour on or injected. Repeat in 10 days and do this three times.
Does she have any diarrhea?
Get another stool sample and get a fecal done; the vet doesn't need to see her, just get one to do a fecal. And like others said, get some Red Cell, and some goat Nutri Drench.
That being said, if she has a very heavy worm load the treatment can kill her. I would call around to different vets and find one that will treat goats. They may want you to do a slower worming process so that all the worms don't detach and die off at once and the goat bleeds out internally.
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I'm sorry I haven't replied. . In a bit.. thanks for all the good advice. . She is eating alfalfa and grass hay. . They gave me 1 cc per 10 pounds. . And it was given orally. .. and they didn't say do it again but I believe we need to do it again in 10 days. . I believe the ag teacher was getting a bottle of it so he can worm all of them goats with it to make sure.. and I am gonna try to get some from him.. and I have been to all of the vets in town and none of them are being supportive. . Lol our ag teacher is amazing but we even frustrate him.. Our first pig we could not stand the thought of him going to the Butcher so we donated him to a petting zoo. .. lol.. and just like today there was a baby field mouse in the goats water.. italy (that's my daughter) had to save it.. so lol I guess we have a new family member. . But the goat is getting a little more padding on her bones.. and she seems a bit more energetic. . And the membrane under her eye is now cream colored instead of white white. . So I'm hoping that means we are making progress. .
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Also, on the goat nutri drench.. how much do you give a 27 pound goat and how often? And I have been reading on the red cell it's 1 cc per 10 pounds.. for 5 days then go to every other day for like 5 days.. does that sound about right? And probably should try one at a time?
OneFineAcre
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She looks pretty well conditioned in the pic
If she is eating I wouldn't worry with niutra drench that is really for a goat that is off of feed
The red cell dose is right
That is an iron boost to help an anemic animal
If she is eating I wouldn't worry with niutra drench that is really for a goat that is off of feed
The red cell dose is right
That is an iron boost to help an anemic animal
OneFineAcre
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Looking at your pic that goat doesn't look bad at all
She is obviously dry lotted so you should be able to take care of any worms and not have.a re-infection
She is obviously dry lotted so you should be able to take care of any worms and not have.a re-infection
babsbag
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Glad she is doing better, and I agree with @OneFineAcre , she looks pretty good; nice top line too.
I would worm her again in a week or so but would be really great if you could find someone to at least run another fecal for you, then you know it worked.Any vet should be able to do it for you, or make it a science project and learn to do your own.
I would worm her again in a week or so but would be really great if you could find someone to at least run another fecal for you, then you know it worked.Any vet should be able to do it for you, or make it a science project and learn to do your own.
