alsea1
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He is def. offering you a challenge.
Randomly lethargic baby goat - need additional ideas
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ragdollcatlady
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No advice, sounds like you got all the bases covered but I got cyber hugs and hopeful wishes....
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SuburbanFarmChic
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He spent the night in bed with us. Around 2am he seemed to round the corner and was ravenous. I let him have 1.5 oz of milk at about 2:30 and he's not had the heating pad since then. Again up and hungery at around 4 or 5 ( I looked at the clock just long enough to register that it had been a couple hours but not what time it was) and he got another 1.5 oz. Still no heating pad since we got up at 2. Just body heat. Has been holding a temp of 100 - 102. Still some fluctuation but not dropping into the 90s like it was.
Hasn't pooped since about 2pm but there isn't much in there to poop out. I'm going to wait until after lunch and if he hasn't by then I'll do a warm water enema to see if we can't get things moving. He never actually made it on Peng last night but I'm starting it today as a just in case.
So officially... who knows.
He's not out of the woods yet, but maybe the selenium and everything else have finally kicked in and we've turned the corner.
Thanks for all your well wishes. I'm going to keep this updated through out the day. I have him until at least Sunday. May be flopping for the baby girl, the heat lamp died last night and apparently she was laid out cold this morning. She's had a warm bath and is now inside my friends shirt for the foreseeable future. Goat wearing. it's a long lost art.
Hasn't pooped since about 2pm but there isn't much in there to poop out. I'm going to wait until after lunch and if he hasn't by then I'll do a warm water enema to see if we can't get things moving. He never actually made it on Peng last night but I'm starting it today as a just in case.
So officially... who knows.
He's not out of the woods yet, but maybe the selenium and everything else have finally kicked in and we've turned the corner.
Thanks for all your well wishes. I'm going to keep this updated through out the day. I have him until at least Sunday. May be flopping for the baby girl, the heat lamp died last night and apparently she was laid out cold this morning. She's had a warm bath and is now inside my friends shirt for the foreseeable future. Goat wearing. it's a long lost art.
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SuburbanFarmChic
Overrun with beasties
So far about 2 oz about every 2 hours. He's following me around the house in a little goat coat and occasionally napping in my lap. So far so good except for a lack of pooping. Going to try warm water after this round of nappage.
bonbean01
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Sounding more hopeful now...you are a good goat mommy 
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SuburbanFarmChic
Overrun with beasties
Took him 3 days, multiple enemas, 90% of his time spent in my lap, 3 glycerine suppositories and he's still not pooping on his own. We get the occasional turdlet but no really bms. The bulk in his digestive system is slowing moving from his stomach down towards his colon which is a start. That's happened over the last 24 hrs or so.
He is still on baking soda, Peng, Thiamine, and I am starting a small dose of banamine every 24-36 hrs because when we thought he was on his way out yesterday morning during a major crash the combo of glycerine and banamine is what made him poop. I got him stoned for his journey out of this world only to have him poop everywhere and recover. .... Goats...
Still having trouble regulating body temperature but he's getting better.
He has 2 doses of oil and bloat treatment in him that are working their way towards his butt. I am hoping for 'the evacuation of Saigon" when they hit. I don't care where he poops. I just want it out of his little body.
He is still on baking soda, Peng, Thiamine, and I am starting a small dose of banamine every 24-36 hrs because when we thought he was on his way out yesterday morning during a major crash the combo of glycerine and banamine is what made him poop. I got him stoned for his journey out of this world only to have him poop everywhere and recover. .... Goats...
Still having trouble regulating body temperature but he's getting better.
He has 2 doses of oil and bloat treatment in him that are working their way towards his butt. I am hoping for 'the evacuation of Saigon" when they hit. I don't care where he poops. I just want it out of his little body.
20kidsonhill
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Corn syrup is a great laxative and good source of energy.
Over eating disease can be cause sever constipation. I would give him C&D antitoxin.
And Baytril. Baytril is a RX. But very very good for got bacteria problems.
Don't forget a small dose of Probios each day.
Over eating disease can be cause sever constipation. I would give him C&D antitoxin.
And Baytril. Baytril is a RX. But very very good for got bacteria problems.
Don't forget a small dose of Probios each day.
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SuburbanFarmChic
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Just to update. We kept him on what we were doing and he kept with his OK/crash OK/crash thing. Yesterday in finally got my hands on the CD antitoxin. Injected him at 7pm. He was mostly alert and was on one of his upswings. Two hours after antitoxin he crashed hard core. Started having racing or super slow heart beats. Difficulty breathing. Etc. Couldn't get him warm even on a pad. Was administering sub q fluid as all suck reflex went away.
He died around ten this morning. Am going to do a necropsy later today. Anti toxin shouldn't have killed him but it seems to have. After the injection his reaction was to go limp, have no muscle control and curl into the head on stomach, dead of fks, pose.
Every thing said that the injection was the right thing to do. Systemic overload? Weak body? Sudden toxin release? Not sure yet.
He died around ten this morning. Am going to do a necropsy later today. Anti toxin shouldn't have killed him but it seems to have. After the injection his reaction was to go limp, have no muscle control and curl into the head on stomach, dead of fks, pose.
Every thing said that the injection was the right thing to do. Systemic overload? Weak body? Sudden toxin release? Not sure yet.
bonbean01
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Oh no!!!!! I'm so sorry
