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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    I'm in south florida, northern palm beach county. No changes in his diet and no moldy grain.
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    Thank you for replying, I don't have penicillin, but I gave him some amoxicillin in hopes that it would have some benefit in the case that it's listerosis. His lower eye lid is a light pink, is that what you mean?
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    Based on what I've found on the internet so far, it may be goat polio, but I don't really know. I'm trying to get a hold of some thiamine to treat him with. All the vets are closed and wont answer the phones :(
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    I did but its awaiting moderator approval for some reasond. I'll recap my previous reply, no be is not Underweight or or low on the pecking order. He is not grinding his teeth either. I've tried to administer probiotics as well as some antibiotics orally, with little success .
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    Thanks for replying, I don't know much about the worm, but from what little i read, it seems that there's usually a lot of itchiness, which my goat isnt exhibiting. Other than that and that apparently, it requires him to be in contact with the same area as deer, its a possibility.
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    Thank you for the reply, as far as i can tell he can see. He's actually the top of the pecking order and its unlikely anyone else could of hurt him since hes the only one with horns, but a kick is possible i guess. As far as i could tell he doesn't have any broken bones. His weight is actually...
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    Please HELP! My goat can't stand or keep his head up!

    This morning I went outside to let him out of his pen so he could roam, and found him on the floor, unwilling to move. He's more proactive now, trying to stand up on his own, but is unable to do so. Right now he is able to stand because i have his front end propped up with a stool. I've had him...
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