OneFineAcre
Herd Master
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We give a ml per 10 lbs
Final Necropsy Results on Fourth Dead Kid In. Nope. Nope. Nope :(
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We give a ml per 10 lbs
Ridgetop
Herd Master
I use paste electrolytes - they are salty so he will drink right after. They are easier to get down than trying to get a doe raised kid to take a bottle, especially if he's not really hungry right then. Sounds like you are doing everything right - I sometimes think they do this on purpose just to give us gray hair and wrinkles LOL! Can't you imagine their chat lines? "I squirted a little today and turned my nose up at my grain - you should have seen them come running every few hours to pamper me LOL!"
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SkyWarrior
Loving the herd life
Okay, some updates:
I am guardedly optimistic. It looks like the increase in Fenben did the trick. As an FYI, I did 3 ml once a day for 5 days. I have seen no scours in 3 days. Blackjack is acting like a typical baby goat. And with the insane heat we've been having, you'd see him go downhill if he weren't doing well.
Giardia? Who would have thought that? No one else has it -- not even his bro. Or at least, they don't show it.
Anyway, thanks for the tipoff on that. Especially @Southern by choice, @babsbag, @OneFineAcre, and @Ridgetop, although you've all been so helpful. I've now decided I really need to just watch him and make sure he's not going downhill again, but with all the deaths, this is a bit of good news! I'm pretty tired of sick baby goats.
I'll take some pictures tonight, dirty butt and all.
I am guardedly optimistic. It looks like the increase in Fenben did the trick. As an FYI, I did 3 ml once a day for 5 days. I have seen no scours in 3 days. Blackjack is acting like a typical baby goat. And with the insane heat we've been having, you'd see him go downhill if he weren't doing well.
Giardia? Who would have thought that? No one else has it -- not even his bro. Or at least, they don't show it.
Anyway, thanks for the tipoff on that. Especially @Southern by choice, @babsbag, @OneFineAcre, and @Ridgetop, although you've all been so helpful. I've now decided I really need to just watch him and make sure he's not going downhill again, but with all the deaths, this is a bit of good news! I'm pretty tired of sick baby goats.
I'll take some pictures tonight, dirty butt and all.
babsbag
Herd Master
I am glad he is doing better. I have another one tonight with scours and a temp. He is about 7 months old so not really a "baby". Not sure what is going on but I think that he was the one that made his way into the barn and the grain this morning; he is my escape artist. So just to complicate my life I think that the scours and temp are not related. I have pneumonia working through my herd so I treated him with Duramycin and Banamine, patted him on the butt and told him good night. I too am tired of sick goats.
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SkyWarrior
Loving the herd life
Horrible news: Blackjack died last night. He was doing fine and then looked just a little off last night. This afternoon we found him dead. 
We've lost three kids this year. No late breedings again. Yeah, I'm upset.
We've lost three kids this year. No late breedings again. Yeah, I'm upset.
Southern by choice
Herd Master
So sorry Sky 
Any way to send him to the state lab for necropsy?
Any way to send him to the state lab for necropsy?
Goat Whisperer
Herd Master
I am so sorry You have had a rough year 
Please PLEASE send him in for a necropsy. It will be money well spent. It will give you so much info and tell you if you need to start a preventative program for Cocci, Giardia, etc.
If you have something on your land now, you need to know ASAP before you lose anymore kids and especially before next kidding season.
You have had a rough year Please PLEASE send him in for a necropsy. It will be money well spent. It will give you so much info and tell you if you need to start a preventative program for Cocci, Giardia, etc.
If you have something on your land now, you need to know ASAP before you lose anymore kids and especially before next kidding season.
Hens and Roos
Herd Master
so sorry for your loss
norseofcourse
Herd Master
I'm sorry for your loss 
Sorry Sky I agree with what others said, you really should get a necro done to find out what's happening there.
I agree with what others said, you really should get a necro done to find out what's happening there.
