SICK AGAIN! My baby was vomiting, coccidia tx dosage needed...

[glenolam]

I'll suggest to go the route I did when my doeling threw up. Hit her with a baking soda drench, B complex, probios and wait and see.

My little doeling did the same thing - she just looked sick, eyes were tired, she was up with her sister, but not as frisky as normal. I did see her burp up a cud and chew it, but it wasn't near normal (or what I would think is normal for her, anyway)

She would go through a throw up session, then be fine.

Have you seen her pee or poop? How about that temp?

 

[freemotion]

cm, just saw your post. That is what I am starting to think, now that I have calmed down a little and can think.

My pasture is pathetic with the drought and I haven't mowed like I usually do. I usually cut it with a scythe and pull bad plants that creep in along the edges. I haven't done my patrol lately, and we had a lot of rain and a lot of sudden growth in the past few days. I will be exploring the edges for mountain laurel, my worst enemy. I occasionally get a tiny bit of yew, but it is extremely rare. I think she'd be dead if she got some yew.

They do get free choice hay all night but those green leaves sure are tempting.

 

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Glenolam, my dh just got in and he and I will go out and take her temp now. I will bring baking soda to drench her and some b-complex. Be right back.

 

[cmjust0]

She was slinging cud...now she's chewing cud...and she made her own way over to drink water.

She's clearly 'with it' right now, meaning she's not out of her mind with fever or anything like that. If they're very feverish at all, they usually don't chew cud and drink water. Having said that, I wouldn't suspect this to be the result of bacteria.. I'd lean toward it having been a toxic plant or some other toxic substance.

That's purely speculation, though..

I'd keep a close eye on her.. She just horked up everything in her rumen, so she's way empty. If it were me, I'd offer her some really nice hay...and probably Probios, too. Probios is pretty harmless stuff, and I can't really think of a much better time to use it than when a goat just evacuated the contents of its rumen (including the friendly flora)..

But, again...I've never dealt with this.. I'm just thinking of things that would make sense TO ME.



ETA: B-Complex and baking soda wouldn't hurt, either...

Something else I'd probably be thinking about right now is banamine.. I know that might not make a whole lot of sense, but my thinking is that if she ate something toxic...that means there were toxins. And where there are toxins, there's typically an immune response. And when you have an immune response to toxins in the rumen, you might find yourself looking at rumenitis.

Might...maybe...I dunno.

Banamine's not as harmless as bicarb, b plex, or probios...but if it were me, I'd personally do it just to ease any impending inflammation.

That's just me, though..

 

[glenolam]

My bet is that she doesn't have a temp at all, either.

Having gone through this (or I am assuming this is what I went through), I can say that baking soda and B complex helped. Mineral oil (or veggie, corn, canola, etc) also helped.

 

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Temp 103.3. She jumped at the gate when I approached (yay!) She followed me on my pasture patrol and ate 4 maple leaves, 2 goldenrod tops, 1 grape leaf, and a bite of grass. For her, that is mildly interested in food, as she is normally a voracious eater, especially if I am picking the hard-to-reach stuff for her.

My pasture patrol yeilded nothing, but she could've eaten whatever grew. Also, a neighbor cut a bunch of brush right alongside one corner of my fence where the goats could possibly reach through and pull some stuff in. I don't know what is in there, but they can't reach anything now.

I gave her probios, b-complex, and a little baking soda. I have to go get the dog now, so anything you can write I will check the minute I get home, before dh takes off with the car again. Today is my day off, so I can drive dh to work and take the car if need be.

 

[glenolam]

She followed me on my pasture patrol and ate 4 maple leaves, 2 goldenrod tops, 1 grape leaf, and a bite of grass.

Did you write this down in a notebook?

Seriously, though, I'm glad she's doing well. Keep your eye on her just in case she goes through it again. Mine lasted a total of 4 days between the 2 times it happened to her. Hasn't happened in well over a month.

 

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She followed me on my pasture patrol and ate 4 maple leaves, 2 goldenrod tops, 1 grape leaf, and a bite of grass.

Did you write this down in a notebook?

Seriously, though, I'm glad she's doing well. Keep your eye on her just in case she goes through it again. Mine lasted a total of 4 days between the 2 times it happened to her. Hasn't happened in well over a month.

My brain tends to store strange things. And doesn't store some things it needs to!

 

[glenolam]

Kind of like how I remember every stupid song I listen to on the radio, but can't remember that I'm supposed to pick up bread at the store or grab "that" hose instead of "this" one?!?

 

[cmjust0]

If she's up, moving, drinking, and eating at all, she's probably not in too bad a'shape. I'd say she got something bad, horked it up, and now she's recovering. Supportive therapy is good.

I'd still be a bit concerned about the potential for rumenitis, though...and I'd be thinking about banamine.

That's mostly because rumenitis it was something that crossed my radar for the very first time the other day, and usually when something crosses my radar for the first time, I see it a couple more times before it decides to leave me alone.

I just don't want your goatie to be the second account of rumenitis I run across.