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

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Sigh....glad I only gave her two ounces....that explains the ip-ip-ip noises. She is in the stall with her sister for the night. They have hay and water.

More baking soda?

NO milkweed. It has been so dry here. Someone has been eating a bit of poke, but that has been nibbled on for weeks so I haven't worried about it. It is impossible to eradicate.

 

[helmstead]

Yeah, since you put food in there, now you should do the routine again.

I aim for 3-4x a day w/baking soda and oil when I have a kid in tummy crisis. I hope you find C&D antitoxin soon...once you do, keep in on hand and replenish it as it expires.

 

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I just dosed her again with the oil and baking soda. No c&d antitoxin to be found.

When can she have some milk? She practically climbed up me looking for her bottle just now, but then ip-ip-ip'd when I dosed her.

Do I count 24 hours from when I fed her this afternoon or from when I found her this morning? Should I dose her again first thing? Before/after feeding her? (If you think I should feed her first thing, that is....)

 

[helmstead]

It's good she's hungry. The baking soda is gross to them, probably brought about the protests. You will have to use your better judgement on when to give a bottle again. Start slow with several small meals, and see how she does.

I've had misc. tummy issues with the bottle kids from bloat to mild entero to constipation. It usually takes a good 24 hrs for a kid with true tummy issues to GET hungry again after treatment begins...so hopefully she's over her crisis. When I see a hungry, active kid bright eyed and bushy tailed acting totally normal - that's when I offer milk/pellets again - in moderation. I continue the treatments for another 24 hrs after I begin feeding to ensure the addition of food doesn't bring on symptoms again.

 

[glenolam]

My doeling who went through this was still nursing mom at the time, so I can't say she did go through a withhold time on milk. She wasn't too interested in water at that point, either...

I'd hit her again this morning with baking soda just to start her tummy off right and settled, then wait until this afternoon or evening. If she's doing better, then try a little milk.

 

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She was doing great this morning, and although she protested at the dosing, it didn't make her uncomfortable (ip-ip-ip) so I waited an hour and gave her 2 oz of milk. She is out with the herd and munched a little hay and went to the pasture and munched a little green stuff....what little they can find. I am feeding everyone hay right now. Hopefully, hay fed during the day to the entire herd will make whatever she ate less interesting if she finds it again.

Her stall was spotless, which was what I really wanted to see!

 

[glenolam]

Glad to hear she's doing better! Hey, one down of several (hopefully!)!!

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Glad to hear it!

 

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Now this morning her poo was clumpy. This evening, it is very loose. She is eating and active and bright. I gave her some B's and probiotics. She is not on any grain and was weaned from the bottle this week.

I took a sample to run a fecal tonight (need supper first, it is 9 PM and I work the weekends! I need food!) but hope some of you will see this and offer some support. Tomorrow is a long work day. Would you leave her in or out? The weather is supposed to be lovely.

I am worried that she will be scouring by morning. If so, I will need to handle it FAST and get to work. Ugh. Final exams are tomorrow and I cannot get out of it. If things go well at school, I can get out a bit early. Here's hopin'....

 

[ksalvagno]

I hope your doeling does ok. I would probably PM or email Roll or Helmstead. You could always get some pepto into her but you probably don't want to do too much until you look at that fecal.

Good luck with her.