Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

[austintgraf]

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

no definently not. All my goats are very calm and have their ocial order figured out and all buds

 

[daisychick]

Is she doing any better??

 

[20kidsonhill]

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

yup, that was the direction I was also thinking. Although we use Corid, it can cause polio. We only use it for 5 or 6 days at the most, and not more than once a month during kidding season. So 3 times in 3 or 4 months. Otherwise we use sulfa-dimethoxine to prevent or treat coccidiosis, and we also use medicated feed during the summer with rumensin to slow it down. Coccidiosis is terrible in our area.

I hope she is doing better for you today. Or the vet had some ideas for you.

 

[austintgraf]

*update* so she is up and fine. with the exception of her looking thin you would never know a thing. Vet diagnosis: she thinks that my goat has ulccers! She said that the ulccers might be contributing to her not being able to gain weight, which naturally lowers her immune system. Which makes her an easy target for worms. She said she had a couple worms, and between those, and the ulccers she think she has were causing her a bout of difficulty that particular day. She said she would have to confirm that she had ulccers but gave some meds and she is doing better than ever... she thinks its that or some kinda of cancer neither of which is something I'm the slightest bit confident I can tend to. :/

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

This might sound crazy, but this is exactly what happened to my little Bella. She was a goat mutt, lanky and tiny as can be, only 15 pounds. Well about 2 months into owning her, I went out side and saw that she was very weak. Laylie barley touched her and she went tumbling. She was weak so I rushed in to their pen and picked her up then I ran to the back porch with her in my arms. My mom thought I was over exaggerating so I sat her down, and stroked her. Again she tumbled down from me STROKING her! My parents felt very bad, but said there was nothing we could do. It was Sunday and we were going to take her to the vet the next day. I laid in their shelter with Bella and sat there for at least 3 hours, just comforting and stroking her. I even went to our farm supply store and bought a bottle. I bottle fed her warm whole milk. It got dark and cold, so I went to bed praying that she would make it through the night. I woke up the next morning, got ready for school. At about 7:40 a.m. my mom said she was going to check on them. I hear the door close, then open about 2 min. later. It shut quietly, and I heard my mom talking to my dad. I immediately knew something was wrong. My mom called up to me and said, "Bella died through the night honey." Saddest words I have ever heard. I burst into tears and started yelling "Bella wake up, Bella don't leave me!" I was going absolutely crazy. My mom turned on the light in the shower and put a heating pad down then a towel over the heating pad, and she laid innocent little Bella on it. I knew she was already gone, but I still hoped that she would wake up. She never did.

Bella was wormed, vaccinated, and fed the best quality hay and grain out there. She died on November 11, 2011. My dad took her away that day, he didn't even save her collar. We never found out what was wrong, I think about her every day. Yesterday I thought I heard her crying, and I looked around but she wasn't there.

I hope this isn't the case for you, I don't want you to have the heartache I did. Please take her to any vet you can! I have no medical advice for you because we did everything for Bella, but she just failed to thrive. I wish you the best of luck, and I will pray for you. Please let us know the outcome

Oh whoops, I didn't see the update.

 

[ksalvagno]

What med did the vet put her on for ulcers?

In alpacas we use sulcrafate.

 

[austintgraf]

Unfortunately, despite my constant battle to try and keep her alive. She past

 

[elevan]

I'm sorry

 

[goatgirl]

SO sorry about loosing your Doe...

 

[Chris]

Sorry for you loss,
If I could ask, did she have any loss of hair anywhere, legs, back, on her side also was her hair coarse in texture?


Chris