Goat Kid has a cold

ruminantlover27

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My two month old buckling I just got today has a little cough. I'm supposed to bottle feed him too, he supposedly has been bottle fed but doesn't seem to have much of an appetite. I had to separate him and put the bottle in his mouth to get him to drink. He is not as active as my other 3 month old who beats the bottle to death and prances everywhere...
He also has a few tiny eye goopers...
What can I give him? And how? I doubt he will take anything willingly
 

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Personally I would get a vets advice right away. Coughing might mean pneumonia and eye discharge isn't good. I would personally skip organic options for this and make sure that if it looks like pnemonia or coccidia, they get treated right away. I don't have enough experience with organics ( I do believe they are the better option when you know what you are treating and have real experience with them) but antibiotics for infection and sulfas for things like coccidia have a time and place when they are appropriate and goats sometimes don't really give you much time to get them sorted out before having serious issues.
 

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Thanks. I'm taking him to a vet today. His goopies are better and he did start drinking some milk after I gave him some herbs.
 

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How's your goat doing? He was most likely stressed from the move. We got a a 5 week old buckling two weeks ago who rode 10 hours to get to us. He didn't eat much for a couple of days. Made sure he drank some electrolytes and gave hims some probiotics. After a couple of days he was fine.
I hope your little guy is too.
 

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Sorry for the late reply it is planting/allergy season, so I've been busy or dead! I took him to the vet where they gave him a vitamin b shot, a steroid for his appetite, and an anit-biotic that was not penicillin. He perked up and ate some that night, but was sore from the shot. The vet has had a lot of experience with bum lambs/goats and was pretty confident about him pulling through with the B'vita and steroid. He had a huge appetite the next day, the cough has slowly been going away and hardly exists now, just mostly if I give him cold milk. His eyes weren't that bad but no more goop after the vet visit. In a week he was bucking and jumping with his tail up and happy, he is growing up now! Thanks for your replies
 

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Sorry can't remember his temp, he had a definite fever enough to concern the vet
 

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Sorry for the late reply it is planting/allergy season, so I've been busy or dead! I took him to the vet where they gave him a vitamin b shot, a steroid for his appetite, and an anit-biotic that was not penicillin. He perked up and ate some that night, but was sore from the shot. The vet has had a lot of experience with bum lambs/goats and was pretty confident about him pulling through with the B'vita and steroid. He had a huge appetite the next day, the cough has slowly been going away and hardly exists now, just mostly if I give him cold milk. His eyes weren't that bad but no more goop after the vet visit. In a week he was bucking and jumping with his tail up and happy, he is growing up now! Thanks for your replies


If he's still having heavy/ raspy breathing, I'd suggest giving him 400 units of vitamin E once a day for ten days. This will help with the healing of the lungs and his breathing rate will get much closer to, if not, normal.
 
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