High Fever in Week Old Buckling

[rescueblonde]

See if you can get some Banamine. It will bring the temp down and make him feel better. It also helps with the lung remodeling if he has pneumonia.

Your vet may absolutely right about pneumonia and Nuflor is the gold standard for treating respiratory issues. Glad the scours are gone...I missed that part. Whenever a kid gets sick pneumonia is first in my mind and I am usually right. I have always had them respond to Oxcytetracycline and have never had to resort to Nuflor.

Has anyone listened to his lungs? But that being said, there is a pneumonia that presents no symptoms other than fever but it would still be nice to have a listen.

No banamine on hand and nowhere I could get it until morning. His temp came back down to 103.1. No one has listened to his lungs but his breathing sounds fine aside from the panting earlier. It went away as his fever came down. He hasn't been coughing or showing any other pneumonia symptoms aside from slight lethargy and the fever. I'll call the vet again in the morning.

 

[babsbag]

I hope he comes around for you. Banamine is such a great drug to have on hand that I suggest all goat owners get a few doses from their vet and keep it on hand. It seems it is always nights and weekends that we need it the most.

 

[rescueblonde]

Banamine is a prescription, right? I didn't know you could get it just to have on hand. How do I go about that?

Owen's temp is down to 102.9 this morning. The vet said to check him in a few more hours and if it's gone up to bring him in to be examined. Otherwise she'd just like me to keep an eye on him.

 

[cjc]

Glad to hear his fever is still down I hope it stays down. Poor little guy. Nuflor has saved many of our young animals, it is a great drug. Resflor is my next choice and I always use it when an animal is limping or acting sore in anyway, I believe it is just Nuflor with a pain additive. I also always give metacam when there is a fever. Metacam every second day until the animal has had no fever for at least 2 consecutive days.

For us to get Banamine we have to go to the vet's. We can shop it on their shelves but the farm store does not sell it.

Is he up on his feet today?

 

[rescueblonde]

Glad to hear his fever is still down I hope it stays down. Poor little guy. Nuflor has saved many of our young animals, it is a great drug. Resflor is my next choice and I always use it when an animal is limping or acting sore in anyway, I believe it is just Nuflor with a pain additive. I also always give metacam when there is a fever. Metacam every second day until the animal has had no fever for at least 2 consecutive days.

For us to get Banamine we have to go to the vet's. We can shop it on their shelves but the farm store does not sell it.

Is he up on his feet today?

Yep, he's been up on his feet even with the 104.7 fever. When he wasn't feeling as good, he'd still walk around and would have playful bouts but not as much as usual. He's acting great today. He's still getting electrolytes and I think he's just kinda tired. He's had a rough few days.

 

[babsbag]

My vet just sold me some Banamine in a vacuum tube to keep if needed. But she raises goats and she understands the need to have it ASAP and she understands that emergency vet care isn't always available or something a rancher can afford. My standing orders with her is to administer the Banamine and the Oxcytet and call her if the goat isn't improved the next day. I usually call her just to "keep her in the loop". She is great in that way...it isn't all about the money for her.

I also have 40 goats...

 

[OneFineAcre]

My vet just sold me some Banamine in a vacuum tube to keep if needed. But she raises goats and she understands the need to have it ASAP and she understands that emergency vet care isn't always available or something a rancher can afford. My standing orders with her is to administer the Banamine and the Oxcytet and call her if the goat isn't improved the next day. I usually call her just to "keep her in the loop". She is great in that way...it isn't all about the money for her.

I also have 40 goats...

Same here.

 

[cjc]

How is he doing today? @rescueblonde

 

[rescueblonde]

How is he doing today? @rescueblonde

Just came to update. His temp was 102.1 last night but is up to 103.6 right now. He's been acting fine but clearly something is wrong. Here goes another string of calls to the vet! This time I'm going to ask to speak to the one I'm more familiar with.

 

[rescueblonde]

Vet closed at 5. I fortunately did speak to the vet I know well and he recommended a dose of Banamine (which I ended up having several doses the vet left with me from a previous visit) and electrolytes in an hour since he just had a bottle. I'll need to get a fecal sample in the morning and he'll be seeing the vet then. He also found it strange that Owen was given Nuflor without being seen and not truly knowing what was wrong with him.