UPDATE: Sad story for a pretty little girl.

[neener92]

I think is raw....my girl is skinny too. They look so pitiful when they are skinny.

Here are some pictures I just took....
This one you can see her little poopy butt.

Had to add one of her friend....Minnie (I don't know why I named her that she was born HUGE and continues getting hugerrr... She's about 100 times bigger than Sienna)

Another of Sienna licking her nose. ♥

This is how she "stands" for awhile before she actually gets up. :/

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

Cute! Her head looks HUGE in that first picture!

 

[neener92]

Thank you....yea, it's just the way I took the picture.

 

[neener92]

Well.....last night I walk in the barn and she wouldn't get up to come get her bottle, so I go over and pick her up and she was fine till she got three quarters of the bottle in her belly. She was poopin' and then her back legs starting giving out on her, and she fell on them.....like they were at her chest. So, I picked her back up and finished the bottle and she started tensing....her body was shaking and she fell on her face. I just left her be til this morning, she still wouldn't get up, so I picked her up and made her walk around a little then I started feeding her bottle and again got three quarters of the bottle in her and she tensed and went down on her face and back legs again.

This poor little girl is going to drive me nuts! Why can't she just get better?

I hope someone has an idea for me!!!!

 

[redtailgal]

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[neener92]

She's not bloated. Her gait has always been a little off, I was thinking it was weakness related now I'm not sure. Her poop just started getting normal (oh I forgot to add....she starts tensing when she starts pooping....would it be constipation, even though she just got over the poops?). She's been peeing fine. I haven't felt any hard spots on her belly. Her hips are normal. She did have swelling in her left hind leg when she was having that trouble (I think she fell on it) but I had given her antibiotic for her poops and the swelling went down. Hooves seem normal as well.

I changed her milk a while back then she had the poops, the poop has gotten better its a lot more formed, it's grey-ish yellow. I used the egg for awhile and she put on weight fast and her poo improved quickly!

I will get it! At this point I'd do anything for this little girl to get better!

Thank you so much redtailgal, you've been extremely helpful.

 

[redtailgal]

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[neener92]

OK, I noticed something else....her nose is blue-ish purple. I took some pictures, of her nose and what she does before she falls down.

Blue nose....I checked her tongue it looks pink.

Here's what she does before she falls.....she stands there for a second tensed and her muscles are shaking, its like she's shivering.

 

[goodhors]

If it is white muscle disease, she needs a shot pretty quick. Even just giving her the shot without testing, won't hurt her. With lambs if you don't give them the shots they die pretty fast. Diet and exercise won't help, they need the shots.

White muscle disease is caused by lack of Selenium. Many areas of the USA don't have Selenium in the soil, so ALL animals must be supplemented with feed additives, shots to have enough in their bodies. Lack of Selenium will show in poor muscle ability to move, not being able to walk in lambs. Sore bodied horses, poor reproduction in horses, cattle, sheep. Funny how many areas Selenium affects when it is lacking.

Shots will give you the fastest reaction time, get the body working quicker. Feeding supplements is a slower way, may not get results quick enough to do any good before she dies. Supplemental feeding is supposed to be an ongoing program, to keep levels up, not save the animal that is severely lacking Selenium.

 

[redtailgal]

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