Help , baby goat with Pneumonia??

Mason&lily

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I went and picked up my little bottle baby doeling (Friday) , well when I got her home I noticed once in a while she would have a wet mucus cough , well I just thought it could be since she was only 3 days old maybe she still had some mucus, but now she has runny nose with greenish snot , won't always finish her bottle , and still has the cough. Can any one tell me if I'm right and how to treat her ??
 

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sorry to hear that your doeling isn't feeling well... can you take a temperature on her and see what it is-it's always a good idea to do this before treating.
 

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I too would call a vet.
Do you have any antibiotics on hand?
If a vet is not an option, and she has a fever I would treat with antibiotics.
 

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when I first took her temperature it was 100.5 , then I took another temp. it was 103.2 , then I took another and it was 104.4 but I just pulled her from out under a heat lamp so I think it was a little elevated because of that. I turned the lamp off and I will take it again in a little. I don't have really any vets around here that do goats most are very far away. I gave her a children mucus relief liquid, it has a decongestant, a expectorant that a website I think the one above recommended. I have some antibiotics on hand. But a friend of mine said I should wait until she starts a fever before I use it because it could cause her to get an upset stomach.
 

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she still acts normal and regularly pees and poops, she still has a normal appetite.
 

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and her snot isn't really green now its kinda white cloudy
 
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