Poopy Kid **UPDATED** Pg 2

[SarahFair]

Last night I noticed my bottle baby (born 1/17) had diarrhea. They busted out of their crate in the middle of the night and started hollering in the dark.
When I put them up and I grabbed the smaller one it smeared on my arm.


He hasnt been acting funny
Still jumping around, eager to eat, calling/crying, etc
He hasnt had runny pooped anymore that Ive noticed since last night.
I noticed him trying to eat grain yesterday, could that cause the poops?


I looked at his eyes, gums, and did the pinch test and everything is fine.
Nothing is wrong with his brother

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Perfect age for coccidiosis. Has he been on a preventative? It's not necessarily going to show up as anemia, so checking eyelids would not ever rule it out.

 

[SarahFair]

Nope he hasnt...

I hate saying this and sounding like this but...
We got SLAMMED with unexpected bills this week (my car, my surgery, my SO got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago that had to be paid...) along with our usual ones and are a little short on cash till next week.
What is the cheapest way I can go about this?

I was looking up meds for it and the only one I saw was a $67

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

The cheapest way to go about it is to get him on cocci meds before he tanks and you end up with vet bills trying to save him. We use DiMethox 40% injectable (given orally). If you aren't in a position to order a whole bottle then see if your vet will sell you a full round. It needs to be given for 5 consecutive days, so once dose won't do you any good.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

And the big bottle of DiMethox should not set you back more than $40. He will need to be treated again, as will your other kids, so after factoring in multiple doses it's usually far cheaper to buy it by the bottle rather than per dose.

 

[SarahFair]

Tractor Supply sells this or is it only administered by vet?

 

[ksalvagno]

Tractor Supply does not sell 40% DiMethox. You can order it from Hoeggers, Jeffers Livestock, PBS Animal Heath or Caprine Supply.

It really would be best to get the bottle of 40% DiMethox to treat this.

 

[SarahFair]

Do I have enough time to order it and wait for it to save the kid?


The poop has turned from brown, last night, to green, this morning and doesnt really have a smell.. but I havent stuck my face right up in there either

 

[EggsForIHOP]

Have you tried to see if there is anyone close to you that might have enough to share some with you? If no one on BYH is close enough, there's always local goat producers. Since it's the weekend you're kind of stuck like chuck as far as getting in order for the next couple of days - maybe try emailing some of the local herds/owners and see if they won't help - had a friend that needed to do the same thing last year (before I met her at that point) and a local goat guru gave her what she needed to make it until her order of supplies could arrive...just a thought

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Order it now and get a full 5 day round of treatment from your vet. Start treating immediately, then treat all your other kids when your bottle arrives. We treat all kids preventatively, but if I had a kid that age scouring and it hadn't been treated for cocci I absolutely would not wait. Coccidiosis can kill a kid very quickly.