woodsie
Loving the herd life
I brought home two doelings a couple weeks ago and both have been doing really well. I had them in a dry-lot pen first on hay and no troubles. I moved them into the larger pasture with my big goats and sheep/lambs and they have been fine but one has come down with diarrhea for the past couple days. The pasture is very lush at the moment and everyone's poop is a little softer than usual. We did prune the lilacs and they were eating the tender leaves off the branches. (I also had two bottle lambs that got the runs really bad, one refusing her bottle, but I put them in quarantine on hay with pepto and slippery elm and they were back to their bouncing self in a day.)
This one has a muddy poop that is very runny, no balls whatsoever. I gave her some slippery elm yesterday, still has the runs and pepto this morning. She seems to be fine, still eating and energetic but still has a muddy bum. I am always worried about cocci but don't want to start on anti-biotics if it is just from a rich diet. Her sister is fine and they are both eating the same stuff. Should I quarantine and put on hay or start antibiotics or just leave it? :/
This one has a muddy poop that is very runny, no balls whatsoever. I gave her some slippery elm yesterday, still has the runs and pepto this morning. She seems to be fine, still eating and energetic but still has a muddy bum. I am always worried about cocci but don't want to start on anti-biotics if it is just from a rich diet. Her sister is fine and they are both eating the same stuff. Should I quarantine and put on hay or start antibiotics or just leave it? :/