WhiteMountainsRanch
Loving the herd life
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My first goat emergency,
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daisyjack
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she is slowly getting better. and moving in the right direction. her poop has been going back and forth between mushy, clumpy balls, to normal pellets. I am still treating her with scour haul and the gel stuff and electrolytes. I hope she can get off of it tomorrow and slowly introduce milk tomorrow night .
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daisyjack
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Ok need some more advice. My doe turns 8 weeks today. Yesterday I gave her some watered down cows milk and a couple hours later she had mushy poops again. Its been 5 days with poop problems. I gave her
some more scour halt today and have been giving her Gatorade plus gel about three times a day. I hope today she will be better. Do you think I should just wean her now or will that cause more problems. My other doe is 9 weeks, weaned and strong and health. Should I start her on antibiotic if so what kind and how much.
Also she is due for her second worming today. The first time she got Valbazen paste. I could not find that at the feed store but I do have ivermectin 1%. Is it ok to switch?
I think the breeder told me give that orally at 3X the body weight dosage does that sound right?
some more scour halt today and have been giving her Gatorade plus gel about three times a day. I hope today she will be better. Do you think I should just wean her now or will that cause more problems. My other doe is 9 weeks, weaned and strong and health. Should I start her on antibiotic if so what kind and how much.
Also she is due for her second worming today. The first time she got Valbazen paste. I could not find that at the feed store but I do have ivermectin 1%. Is it ok to switch?
I think the breeder told me give that orally at 3X the body weight dosage does that sound right?
sawfish99
Loving the herd life
It seems that reading your posts, when you give the doe cow's milk, she gets scours. So I would stop giving cow's milk. If you don't have a source for goat milk, then yes, wean her. Just stop giving bottles and provide free choice access to grain and water.
I don't see ANY reason to start her on antibiotics. In this situation, you will be building resistance and reducing hte effectiveness of the antibiotics in the future.
On the wormer, I am firmly against worming based on a calendar schedule. Read this: http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2607-parasite-mgmt to learn more about parasite management.
I don't see ANY reason to start her on antibiotics. In this situation, you will be building resistance and reducing hte effectiveness of the antibiotics in the future.
On the wormer, I am firmly against worming based on a calendar schedule. Read this: http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2607-parasite-mgmt to learn more about parasite management.
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daisyjack
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Thanks I am getting a just in case fecal done today, i am going to wean her, and i wormed because i just got her and she was taken from her dam and i know that stress well cause worm load. This will be her 2nd shot of wormer
