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greenfamilyfarms
Overrun with beasties
Ok, I've cried and gotten over it, so I'll tell you what happened to Bonanza.
He was born 3/26 (a triplet) and his mother rejected the kids. The breeder was giving him 2 bottles a day via bottles placed in a holder along the fence. He was kind of skinny and a little weak when I picked him up, but I thought he was just sleepy because it was about 8:30 at night. Got him home and he took about 3 ounces of milk no problem, and another 3-4 ounces yesterday morning. By lunch, he was down and wouldn't stand up and wouldn't take the bottle. Cold mouth. No temp, no respiratory symptoms, just laying around (depression). I gave him electrolytes, Probios, some Selenium-E gel, and Vitamin B. At the evening feeding he was laid out flat with his eyes glazed over. Took him the house and he didn't last long after that. I don't know if he wasn't getting enough to eat to begin with and it just caught up with him when I brought him here or what. :/
The doelings are doing great with the bottle, though, to be dam-raised. I did notice that Cessna has the start of a navel infection, so I drained it and treated it with peroxide to flush it. No fever, but I thought I would start some Pen-G just as a precaution.
It seems like I can't win for loosing.
He was born 3/26 (a triplet) and his mother rejected the kids. The breeder was giving him 2 bottles a day via bottles placed in a holder along the fence. He was kind of skinny and a little weak when I picked him up, but I thought he was just sleepy because it was about 8:30 at night. Got him home and he took about 3 ounces of milk no problem, and another 3-4 ounces yesterday morning. By lunch, he was down and wouldn't stand up and wouldn't take the bottle. Cold mouth. No temp, no respiratory symptoms, just laying around (depression). I gave him electrolytes, Probios, some Selenium-E gel, and Vitamin B. At the evening feeding he was laid out flat with his eyes glazed over. Took him the house and he didn't last long after that. I don't know if he wasn't getting enough to eat to begin with and it just caught up with him when I brought him here or what. :/
The doelings are doing great with the bottle, though, to be dam-raised. I did notice that Cessna has the start of a navel infection, so I drained it and treated it with peroxide to flush it. No fever, but I thought I would start some Pen-G just as a precaution.
It seems like I can't win for loosing.
