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Lori is a 3 y.o. nubian that I milked through last year and she decided she was done milking all of a sudden and seemed to go off feed. Watched her. Temp has been 98-99, was 101 once. Wormed her ivermectin ~ 3 wks apart. I did penicillin for about 5 days and she seemed a lot better. Thought maybe she had a pneumonia as she did have some labored breathing and a mildly crusty nose. Still not eating well. I have a coat on her.
One day, she seemed really bloated and I gave her oil w/ milk and vinegar that had worked well on a llama that a goat raiser suggested. Massaged her a bunch and got some BIG, SMELLY burps out of her. Seemed better for a few days but still not real energetic and isn't fighting to get into the hay feeder like usual.
OK, today, hubby comes in and says her jaw is swollen. Ah-ha-I had read that in my goat health handbook. So, this am I mixed up some Carmalax(acid reducer and mild antacid) and drenched her. She spit out a few wads of cud. Burped some. I also balled up a bunch of baking soda and shoved them in her mouth.
Gave her B Complex IM tonight. Talked w/ Camille in N. Idaho for awhile adn she suggested I put up a post here.
So, now what? I am going to try to get a poop sample to the vet to evaluate her for worms.
She is slowly losing weight, This am her eyes had a bluish line of **** along the lower lash. I tried to check her teeth but she wasn'y too cooperative. Poop is harder, smaller little pieces that aren't necessarily formed and as big as usual. Darker in color, too. Constipated?
She spit out her cud and VOILA-jaw improved. It was just an inch or so past the crease in her mouth. Eyes and gums are still pink. Did drink some hot water for me earlier. Will keep giving her some. She is in the mud room getting warm. Temp is 99.7 Gave her 10 cc Vit B complex IM.
All suggestions are WELCOME.
THIS IS AN ADDENDUM FROM CAMILLE
When Amy wormed this doe, (150 lbs), she used the horse paste ivermectin at the horse dosage rate...in other words, turned the dial to 150 lbs. The tube was also at least a year expired (I don't think this would make too much difference. ) She went off feed and stopped making milk before she was wormed.
I had Amy take the temp of another goat while we were on the phone last night, and she had a temp of 101.7 (about 26 degrees last night, and she was outside). The sick goat had been in the mud room all day with a coat on and her temp was 98.7....has been low for almost a month. What do you all make of this?
Amy did say that she seems to feel better after baking soda (she has had mild bloat a couple of times). She had 1 day of brief diarrhea at the beginning of this....
Camille
Lori is a 3 y.o. nubian that I milked through last year and she decided she was done milking all of a sudden and seemed to go off feed. Watched her. Temp has been 98-99, was 101 once. Wormed her ivermectin ~ 3 wks apart. I did penicillin for about 5 days and she seemed a lot better. Thought maybe she had a pneumonia as she did have some labored breathing and a mildly crusty nose. Still not eating well. I have a coat on her.
One day, she seemed really bloated and I gave her oil w/ milk and vinegar that had worked well on a llama that a goat raiser suggested. Massaged her a bunch and got some BIG, SMELLY burps out of her. Seemed better for a few days but still not real energetic and isn't fighting to get into the hay feeder like usual.
OK, today, hubby comes in and says her jaw is swollen. Ah-ha-I had read that in my goat health handbook. So, this am I mixed up some Carmalax(acid reducer and mild antacid) and drenched her. She spit out a few wads of cud. Burped some. I also balled up a bunch of baking soda and shoved them in her mouth.
Gave her B Complex IM tonight. Talked w/ Camille in N. Idaho for awhile adn she suggested I put up a post here.
So, now what? I am going to try to get a poop sample to the vet to evaluate her for worms.
She is slowly losing weight, This am her eyes had a bluish line of **** along the lower lash. I tried to check her teeth but she wasn'y too cooperative. Poop is harder, smaller little pieces that aren't necessarily formed and as big as usual. Darker in color, too. Constipated?
She spit out her cud and VOILA-jaw improved. It was just an inch or so past the crease in her mouth. Eyes and gums are still pink. Did drink some hot water for me earlier. Will keep giving her some. She is in the mud room getting warm. Temp is 99.7 Gave her 10 cc Vit B complex IM.
All suggestions are WELCOME.
THIS IS AN ADDENDUM FROM CAMILLE
When Amy wormed this doe, (150 lbs), she used the horse paste ivermectin at the horse dosage rate...in other words, turned the dial to 150 lbs. The tube was also at least a year expired (I don't think this would make too much difference. ) She went off feed and stopped making milk before she was wormed.
I had Amy take the temp of another goat while we were on the phone last night, and she had a temp of 101.7 (about 26 degrees last night, and she was outside). The sick goat had been in the mud room all day with a coat on and her temp was 98.7....has been low for almost a month. What do you all make of this?
Amy did say that she seems to feel better after baking soda (she has had mild bloat a couple of times). She had 1 day of brief diarrhea at the beginning of this....
Camille