Ms. Research
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My heartfelt condolences for your loss. Sending well wishes to Mable from New Jersey!Missy said:
The new babies have arrived!!! Pictures/Questions.
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Emmetts Dairy
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Im sooo sorry you lost them. 
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Missy
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I am hoping this is good, but Mable's poop has turned from yellow/green and watery to a slightly thicker and dark brown (not black, no blood)
Roll farms
Spot Master
If you said this anywhere and I missed it, I'm sorry....but did you take this lady's word for it that it was bacterial, or were any seen by a vet?
FWIW, for bacterial gut infections in kids, I really like scour-halt or neomycin sulfate. Treat 2x a day.
If the kids were over 2 wks old, it could also be or also be coccidia, which would require sulfa to treat effectively, and which will more than likely come back at least 1x.
A sick / puny kid is a prime cantidate for an opportunistic infection / bug to take over and make them doubly hard to fix / cure.
If a vet isn't practical or just can't be found nearby, then please consider treating w/ something other than Pen G...for some things it's wonderful, but if you've lost 3 out of 4, it's not working.
Stopping the poops and giving electrolytes is logical, but if the cause isn't addressed, it's like putting a bandage on an infected wound....you won't see the symptoms, but they can fester under the bandage and hide until you have a serious problem.
I am very, very sorry you lost them. We lost 4 kids our first year breeding and it broke my heart...
FWIW, for bacterial gut infections in kids, I really like scour-halt or neomycin sulfate. Treat 2x a day.
If the kids were over 2 wks old, it could also be or also be coccidia, which would require sulfa to treat effectively, and which will more than likely come back at least 1x.
A sick / puny kid is a prime cantidate for an opportunistic infection / bug to take over and make them doubly hard to fix / cure.
If a vet isn't practical or just can't be found nearby, then please consider treating w/ something other than Pen G...for some things it's wonderful, but if you've lost 3 out of 4, it's not working.
Stopping the poops and giving electrolytes is logical, but if the cause isn't addressed, it's like putting a bandage on an infected wound....you won't see the symptoms, but they can fester under the bandage and hide until you have a serious problem.
I am very, very sorry you lost them.
We lost 4 kids our first year breeding and it broke my heart...Several things come to mind on the little guys.... I think it was said they were around 3 wks old, That brings me to cocci right away. Are they eating? do they have a temp? E. coli would be my second guess. Either of those are probably quickly coupled with pneumonia. I say pneumonia because they probably are not eating well and you are probably doing the same thing I would.... Force feed them... Invariably when force feeding they aspirate the smallest amount of milk and hello pneumonia... If they were here I would be treating for all three cocci, E.coli and pneumonia.
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
I am so so sorry about your goats 
I agree with Goatmasta on the treating for all 3 possibilities as soon as you can. I really hope your week gets better.
I agree with Goatmasta on the treating for all 3 possibilities as soon as you can. I really hope your week gets better.
I agree x 2Melissa said:I am so so sorry about your goats
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Missy
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I woke up this morning to Mable screaming her head off for mommy. She had pooped in her kennel and desperately wanted it out. The poop was brown in color, but still soft, kind of ploppy, not runny. She is very perky, and is currently running about with a little dog diaper on as she wanted to be free in the house and not be in the kennel. She nibbled at some greens when outside and climbed the stone wall(looking quite proud of herself).
Her temp is normal and has been throughout this the whole time. Her breathing is silent, her yell is strong, her urine is clear, her inner eyelids have color, no nasal discharge, skin bounces back, no signs of dehydration. Can no longer see her ribs, back, or tail bone. Eatting well.
Her current schedule is:
Midnight-Pepto B(5 ml), 4 oz gatorade
4 AM - Pepto B (5 ml), 4 oz gatorade
5 AM - 1 ml penicillin shot, yogurt
8 AM 4 oz milk
12 Noon - Pepto B, yogurt, 4 oz gatorade
4 PM - 4oz gatorade, 2 oz milk
5 PM- 1 ml penicillin
8 PM- 6 oz gatorade, pepto B
Outside to run around every 2-3 hours(it is a good think my other half and I work opposite shifts right now
In your opinions, how is everything looking? Should I change anything?
Her temp is normal and has been throughout this the whole time. Her breathing is silent, her yell is strong, her urine is clear, her inner eyelids have color, no nasal discharge, skin bounces back, no signs of dehydration. Can no longer see her ribs, back, or tail bone. Eatting well.
Her current schedule is:
Midnight-Pepto B(5 ml), 4 oz gatorade
4 AM - Pepto B (5 ml), 4 oz gatorade
5 AM - 1 ml penicillin shot, yogurt
8 AM 4 oz milk
12 Noon - Pepto B, yogurt, 4 oz gatorade
4 PM - 4oz gatorade, 2 oz milk
5 PM- 1 ml penicillin
8 PM- 6 oz gatorade, pepto B
Outside to run around every 2-3 hours(it is a good think my other half and I work opposite shifts right now
In your opinions, how is everything looking? Should I change anything?
Roll farms
Spot Master
I would, at minimum, treat w/ di methox.
I'd also have a fecal ran...
I'd also have a fecal ran...
20kidsonhill
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I would treat with sulfa-dimethoxine for cocci and add scour-halt to the treatment for bacterial.
