*UPDATE*7-5 Help! My 4 day old buck with white runny poop?PICS

[Hillsvale]

I keep seeing everyone saying that the kid isn't old enough for coccidia... yet every book I have read that talks about it, mentions that it typically attacks kids under 6 months old because of how weak their systems are at the very young ages... ????

If it were cocci the kid would have died by now without the proper treatment... I am speaking as one who just lost a kid, relatively fine to dead in less than 24 hours; this is a milk and or digestion issue in a new born kid.

Wait for the fecal, your vet will have the meds to fix him up properly.

Elevan already adressed this.

And I am sorry you lost a kid... seems to be happening to a lot of our(meaning BYH members) herds this year, with a fair number being mysterious deaths.

 

[helmstead]

*UPDATE*

Called the vet today to get results of fecal exam and they said everything was negative? Cocci, worms parasites etc.. They said the lab checks for everything and didn't find anything. So what caused the white poop??? I may never know. But it did change back to yellow the same day I gave him ProBios gel. He seems more alive than last week. He is running around kicking everywhere. Still continuing the penn G though till the 7 days are up. He is drinking water and nibbles on alfalfa with mom and sister. His poop is still a little watery but it is green now. I'm happy everything is ok!!

Thanks for all the advice!

 

[NDgal]

Sounds to me like he had an infection of some sort. You also have to watch out for E. Coli at that age - the blood-tinged stool can be a sign. Green stool can also be indicative of infection. You did the right thing IMO by giving the Pen right away. My vet doesn't like Oxytet at that age as it can interfere with bone/teeth growth. I consider anything beyond 103 a cause for concern. Hope the little guy continues to improve.

 

[elevan]

*UPDATE*

Called the vet today to get results of fecal exam and they said everything was negative? Cocci, worms parasites etc.. They said the lab checks for everything and didn't find anything. So what caused the white poop??? I may never know. But it did change back to yellow the same day I gave him ProBios gel. He seems more alive than last week. He is running around kicking everywhere. Still continuing the penn G though till the 7 days are up. He is drinking water and nibbles on alfalfa with mom and sister. His poop is still a little watery but it is green now. I'm happy everything is ok!!

Thanks for all the advice!