newbiekat
Loving the herd life
I had a kid (would have been 3 weeks old tomorrow) that died on Saturday. Let me give some back story... She was out of a set of twins, she came out first, no problems. She was my "Miss Independent". Mom was always having to call to her and find her cuz she was always running off doing her own thing. Her and her brother were ALWAYS nursing it seemed like. Even more so than my other kids that were running around. She would sometimes be eating and holler in the middle of nursing. Healthy as can be. Was the strongest of my kids it seemed like.
Well, on Saturday, I was in the house and I heard a kid hollering. I went out to see what the deal was. Well, it was her brother, running around her, almost screaming in panic it seems like. I found her laying on her side, seeming like she was not able to get up. She was kicking her feet out, and her head was flailing backwards. When I ran to her, she stopped. I thought she was dead. I grabbed her and ran inside. Her mouth was cold. I plunged her body under some very warm water to get her body temp up. Got some nutridrench in her. It didn't seem like she was breathing, but my husband said he could feel a very faint pulse. So we kept on trying. She would let out a scream every so often which let us know she was still with us. We kept trying. Her mouth was getting warmer, he said heart beat became faster, but she still didn't seem to be breathing on her own. We decided to tube her. He was having a hard time getting though somewhere. He kept saying "there must be something in the way". We kept repositioning her thinking maybe it was the way she was laying there (he has tubed before and knows what he's feeling for). Well when he finally got in her stomach, she gagged. When he pulled the tube out, there was some black stuff in the last two inches of the tube. After a little while she started fading away and we lost her probably 5 or so minutes after our last attempt. It wasn't cold that day, she was perfectly fine that morning.
What the heck happened?? We had thought well, maybe she ate something she wasn't supposed to, but there's nothing in our pasture that is bad for them, they've been there for almost 3 years now, you would think they would have found something by now if there was. Or maybe she aspirated while nursing and choked, cuz she did holler while eating sometimes. But what the heck was that black stuff at the end of the tube? I've also looked up the flailing body thing, and I've seen stuff about Enterotoxemia. Well, I wouldn't think that would be it, cuz her mom was vaccinated for CDT 30 days prior to kidding. She's gone now, and it's a bummer, but it just gets me. WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS IT?! I know we could get a necropsy done, but I wanted to know if any of you guys had any idea, cuz it beats me.
Well, on Saturday, I was in the house and I heard a kid hollering. I went out to see what the deal was. Well, it was her brother, running around her, almost screaming in panic it seems like. I found her laying on her side, seeming like she was not able to get up. She was kicking her feet out, and her head was flailing backwards. When I ran to her, she stopped. I thought she was dead. I grabbed her and ran inside. Her mouth was cold. I plunged her body under some very warm water to get her body temp up. Got some nutridrench in her. It didn't seem like she was breathing, but my husband said he could feel a very faint pulse. So we kept on trying. She would let out a scream every so often which let us know she was still with us. We kept trying. Her mouth was getting warmer, he said heart beat became faster, but she still didn't seem to be breathing on her own. We decided to tube her. He was having a hard time getting though somewhere. He kept saying "there must be something in the way". We kept repositioning her thinking maybe it was the way she was laying there (he has tubed before and knows what he's feeling for). Well when he finally got in her stomach, she gagged. When he pulled the tube out, there was some black stuff in the last two inches of the tube. After a little while she started fading away and we lost her probably 5 or so minutes after our last attempt. It wasn't cold that day, she was perfectly fine that morning.
What the heck happened?? We had thought well, maybe she ate something she wasn't supposed to, but there's nothing in our pasture that is bad for them, they've been there for almost 3 years now, you would think they would have found something by now if there was. Or maybe she aspirated while nursing and choked, cuz she did holler while eating sometimes. But what the heck was that black stuff at the end of the tube? I've also looked up the flailing body thing, and I've seen stuff about Enterotoxemia. Well, I wouldn't think that would be it, cuz her mom was vaccinated for CDT 30 days prior to kidding. She's gone now, and it's a bummer, but it just gets me. WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS IT?! I know we could get a necropsy done, but I wanted to know if any of you guys had any idea, cuz it beats me.
I sure don't know. I really hope you find out/ someone has some input. It's so hard not knowing what took one of your kids.
I hope we find out what it was. I'm new at this also, and hard as it is, these are lesions for us all... Thank You for bringing this to our attention, and sharing. 
