Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

[austintgraf]

Ok, so usually I don't ask for advice, I go straight to a vet. Well this sickness...whatever it is she has was just so sudden! The vets aren't able to see her today, and frankly im worried. The closest vet is over an hour away and we might meet half way the lady said but she just is not sure she can fit her in. So heres the deal. My purebred registered goat(she is very expensive and I can NOT lose her) was perfectly fine yesterday. Last night I heard one of my goats make an aweful bleat. I can see into the barn through my window and Everyone was there laying like normal... so I went to bed and thought nothing of it. This morning I heard it again. This time I could see the girls cause they had went into the actual barn instead of sleeping under the overhang. So I went out to see my goat and there she was laying on her side with her head looking up at the ceiling. I tried to stand her up but wasn't happening. So I sat her up and started rubbing her, hopefull to increase blood flow. She isn't able to stand on her front legs yet. Her legs are fine. She is just that weak! Her poo is pellets, her eyes are pink there is nothing wrong with her that you could tell at just a glance. She is burping like crazy, so I thought bloat, but she doesn't look bloated and her diet has staied the same. I don't understand she was so fine yesterday. I usually don't have problems like this. I always have signs to tell me when somethings up. Its not the cold, not worms(they are under a strict worming schedule), it is not toxeimia. I treat the water with corrid as a preventive measure. I just don't know what to do to keep her alright till I can get a vet. I don't want to give her anything unless I know what is going on. Water? that wouldn't hurt would it?

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Baking soda helps with bloat ... you might want to give her that but, this seems quite weird .... Wait till another more experienced BYHer comes
along ... hope all goes well .

 

[austintgraf]

Baking soda helps with bloat ... you might want to give her that but, this seems quite weird .... Wait till another more experienced BYHer comes
along ... hope all goes well .

See I thought the same thing but the vet said over the phone that though it could be bloat there are a lot of other things it could be that are more likely ugh. I hate this helpess feeling, thanks by the way.

 

[Stacykins]

I know I am not very experienced either, but could she be suffering from ketosis ?

 

[elevan]

Age:

Temperature:

Pregnant?:

Recently kidded?:

What type of feed?:

Have you checked her feet?:

 

[daisychick]

Could she have taken a blow to the head from another goat???

 

[20kidsonhill]

drench her with mineral oil, as much as you can get in her? wont hurt her, could help with bloat. I guess, unless she is so stressed out she can't handle the drenching.

I wouldn't give her water on a bloated stomach,

give her a couple teaspoons of baking soda in corn syrup and water to thin it.

you said you put corid in the water as a preventive, are you doing this all the time or every know and then, Have you done it recently?

could be enjury,

could be over eating disease, in that case she needs to be treated with C&D antitoxin and I beleive antibiotics. Then revaccinated.

could be goat polio or listerioses both treated with high doeses of vitamin B injectable every 6 to 8 hours.

 

[ksalvagno]

I would start giving her injections of B vitamins. High doses. Corid takes away thiamine and that may be her problem. The B complex shots certainly won't harm anything if she has something else. If it is polio, caused from the Corid, then getting B complex in her ASAP is critical.

 

[Roll farms]

I would start giving her injections of B vitamins. High doses. Corid takes away thiamine and that may be her problem. The B complex shots certainly won't harm anything if she has something else. If it is polio, caused from the Corid, then getting B complex in her ASAP is critical.

x2

 

[austintgraf]

Age: about 2 and a half

Temperature: perfectly fine

Pregnant?: maybe three weeks at most

Recently kidded?: last may

What type of feed?: a mix of medicated, corn, and sweet dairy feed

Have you checked her feet?:

yes they are fine and recently trimmed