Willowbriar
Chillin' with the herd
Hi all!
My seven-week old bottle baby developed scours over the weekend. I started her on CoRid Saturday and then was told I should be using Sulmet instead. Thoughts? I also started her on Kaolin Pectin Suspension. She continued to eat and act fairly normal Saturday. Took her bottle but didn't drink as much as usual. Still she was mostly her normal self other than scours. Sunday she was pretty lethargic by the afternoon and had a temp of 105.1. She was also sneezing and had some mucus from her nose - yellowish. Her eyes were rather lidded and not bright. She was not moving much at all...just standing there. I started her on electrolytes and she perked up a bit after getting those. I am also giving her B- Vits and tried the NutriDrench (she wasn't a fan!). Yesterday she was acting more her normal self, observed eating forage and hay. No sneezing, no mucus but still scouring. She did take about 5 oz of milk yesterday. Continues electrolytes, cleaned her up once again last night so I could see if she was still scouring this morning. She was clean this morning and observed urinating, which was a good sign. I also observed her eating hay, green forage, and some of her goat pellets. She refused her bottle though. I did she her drinking water from the bucket. She's brighter, her eyes are clear and alert, fur looks good, the color of eyelids is good, gums are pink. Her lungs sound clear (using a stethoscope) and there is no labored breathing. Her lungs sound clear (using a stethoscope) and there is no labored breathing. But she still has a temp of 104.9 and it has ranged from 104.4 to 104.9 since Sunday. I read some places that this isn't a fever yet other goat owners I know say this is worrisome. At any rate, I have a call into our local large animal vet (at a teaching university) because I don't want to take any chances given the respiratory symptoms she had.
Any thoughts?
My seven-week old bottle baby developed scours over the weekend. I started her on CoRid Saturday and then was told I should be using Sulmet instead. Thoughts? I also started her on Kaolin Pectin Suspension. She continued to eat and act fairly normal Saturday. Took her bottle but didn't drink as much as usual. Still she was mostly her normal self other than scours. Sunday she was pretty lethargic by the afternoon and had a temp of 105.1. She was also sneezing and had some mucus from her nose - yellowish. Her eyes were rather lidded and not bright. She was not moving much at all...just standing there. I started her on electrolytes and she perked up a bit after getting those. I am also giving her B- Vits and tried the NutriDrench (she wasn't a fan!). Yesterday she was acting more her normal self, observed eating forage and hay. No sneezing, no mucus but still scouring. She did take about 5 oz of milk yesterday. Continues electrolytes, cleaned her up once again last night so I could see if she was still scouring this morning. She was clean this morning and observed urinating, which was a good sign. I also observed her eating hay, green forage, and some of her goat pellets. She refused her bottle though. I did she her drinking water from the bucket. She's brighter, her eyes are clear and alert, fur looks good, the color of eyelids is good, gums are pink. Her lungs sound clear (using a stethoscope) and there is no labored breathing. Her lungs sound clear (using a stethoscope) and there is no labored breathing. But she still has a temp of 104.9 and it has ranged from 104.4 to 104.9 since Sunday. I read some places that this isn't a fever yet other goat owners I know say this is worrisome. At any rate, I have a call into our local large animal vet (at a teaching university) because I don't want to take any chances given the respiratory symptoms she had.
Any thoughts?