Gah!! I think I have cocci. issues again....Good update!

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Poor girl, hope whatever it is clears up quickly. It's been a tough year on goats. :/

 

[chubbydog811]

Is she eating? Have you actually seen this goat nurse and eat?

sometimes the doe refuses a kid for whatever reason and you don't notice they are not eating. Happened to me.


but since it is 'about' 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 months old I would definitely do the fecal. The kid needs help fast. While it was waning you should jump in before and find a cause to this problem. Kids are either perfectly healthy and have the bounce and are eating perfect, or they are waning and we let it go. Don't let it go.

kids don't normally need to be wormed before 3 mos. of age because they are on their mom and only mouthing food. So wormer before 3 mos. is almost unless. A fecal should be done now to see if their is a problem.

could be starvation tho also.

Right now, I would like to give you one of these and one of these

I would like to tell you how correct you were about her not eating. I'll admit I was completely wrong, and I wish I had listened sooner. I automatically assumed cocci. because of all the circumstances and all the issues I've had with it this year, but I was wrong (sometimes being wrong isn't a bad thing!!)
I was going out to fetch her to bring into the main barn yesterday morning. I found her down, very weak, and over all very unhappy. If I set her back upright, she was fine (still weak, but able to hold herself), but if she was down, she couldn't get back up.
I brought her in, set her down, and got some grain for her - she is currently residing in the hay stall, so she has all the hay she could eat. Well, let me tell you, she didn't take her head out of the hay bale for at least an hour. She got a good amount of grain down as well.
So, the reason I didn't pick up on her lack of food intake - she was eating, but she is a super slow eater! She takes one piece at a time, and enjoys every bite instead of taking huge bites and not chewing. I was feeding them a lot extra out there, so I'm not sure why she wasn't at least getting her fill on hay, but either way, she obviously wasn't getting enough.

Either way, I canceled her vet appointment for today. She was about 90% better this morning - running up and down the isle, eating like a little pig, and she is able to get up and down on her own.
I also gave her a dose of vit E & selenium, nutradrench, and some more red cell last night. Seemed to help very much.

Anyway, thanks again.

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

I'm so glad it wasn't cocci! Feed will soon perk her back up Those slow eaters sometimes don't have a chance with the little piggies

 

[elevan]

Glad she's feeling better!

 

[babsbag]

I have a sweet little goat that is at the bottom of the herd pecking order and she won't fight for her place at the feeder. She would probably starve near to death if I didn't help out.

I will feed everyone in the feeder, she is always hanging back watching and waiting. Then when the "leaders" have had a bit to eat I throw another leaf of hay into the pen and they run to get the "better" feed. That is her cue that it is time to get to the feeder to eat. Once she is there she stays there, she just won't fight her way in, but she does hold her own once there.

Stupid game, but it works. I also notice that her daughter is beginning to hang back just like mom. Hopefully by next winter I will have more room under shelter for more feeders...or fewer goats (is that possible?) In the summer I can feed them out in pasture and they all can have their own space.

 

[Mamaboid]

I have a sweet little goat that is at the bottom of the herd pecking order and she won't fight for her place at the feeder. She would probably starve near to death if I didn't help out.

I will feed everyone in the feeder, she is always hanging back watching and waiting. Then when the "leaders" have had a bit to eat I throw another leaf of hay into the pen and they run to get the "better" feed. That is her cue that it is time to get to the feeder to eat. Once she is there she stays there, she just won't fight her way in, but she does hold her own once there.

Stupid game, but it works. I also notice that her daughter is beginning to hang back just like mom. Hopefully by next winter I will have more room under shelter for more feeders...or fewer goats (is that possible?) In the summer I can feed them out in pasture and they all can have their own space.

My nubian doe, who happens to be the biggest goat I own, is also the bottom rung on the ladder. She won't fight her way in either, and if she does get in, she runs the minute the herd queen comes within 10 feet of her. I end up doing the same basic thing you do. I put the hay in the rack, then I put some in one of the huts. She stays in the hutch until the her queen figures out that she is eating in there and chases her out...at which time she get her turn at the rack. This just started after the herd queen became preggers, so I am hopeful that it will reverse after kidding and weaning takes place.