My daughter has a show goat .. she's been sick since we got her. She's absolutely beautiful but we are very new to goats at all. She stays at the school farm. First I kept telling the ag teacher that she would not eat. So we got grass hay and she would eat that. And we would have to carry her down to graze. Finally the ag teacher took her to a vet. One I don't have alot of faith in. But anyway she was diagnosed withStrongyloides and cocci. So she was treated for that multiple times. And she just kept getting worse. She is white as white can be under the eye lid. So I called my normal vet and they gave me an injection of b 12 and a couple other things that is supposed to give her a boost. So I took a stool sample in and yesterday she was diagnosed with brown stomach worms. And she's so anemic that she developed a bit of I believe it's called bottle jaw. We have been giving her all the alfalfa and grass hay she will eat. But she's very weak and still refuses to eat any pellets .. she was offered kale, celery, green peppers and bananas but will not touch them. I am very worried as she has my ag teacher stumped and all the vets around here are acting like jerks like it's just a goat kind of attitude and I have never delt with anemic animal nor has the ag teacher. We are quite fond of her .. she's funny she plays dead and acts.. it's just funny. . But I hate to see her die because I can't figure out how to help her. . And because my vet is more interested in any other animals than a goat. Please and thank you for any help available
Help needed for a very sick goat
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I would think she needs an Ivermectin based wormer to kill the worms that are sucking all the nutrition from her. If her mucous membranes are white as white then she needs iron supplement for anaemia. You don't say how old she is, does she still take a bottle? ... or is she completely weaned. You say she's been sick since you've had her, but don't say how long you have had her.
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I'm not sure how old exactly I know her abilical cord just fell off about a week or so ago and we have had her nearly 2 months. . Idk how to get an iron supplement. Thanks for replying .. she weights 27 pounds as of yesterday. . I finally loaded her up in my car and took her in but I was only able to weigh her the vet wouldn't look at her .. they gave us. cydectin to give her and she's had Ivermectin safeguard corrid given to her from the ag teacher
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I can give you an excellent formula recipe IF you think you can get her to drink it. It will help get her back to health. If she is not feeling well, she won't have appetite, hence won't want to suckle. If you can get a LARGE syringe & try to force it into her then after a few drinks she will startt feeling a little better & then maybe more likely to suckle.
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- One large can (12 oz) of full fat evaporated milk (NOT condensed milk). . I use Carnation milk.
- 12 oz of water that has been boiled and cooled some.
- 2 Tablespoon of corn syrup. Karo is sold at IGA
- 2 Tablespoon plain unflavoured full fat yoghurt. Do not use any diet yoghurt.
- 2 Tablespoon of Mayonnaise. Use regular full fat mayonnaise, not diet or fat reduced (not light).
- 10g package of gelatine unflavoured.
- 1 Egg yolk beaten to break it up. Do not include the egg white. It is difficult to digest and prevents the absorption of other nutrients.
Put the warm water in a bowl and sprinkle the gelatine on top. Soften for about 5 minutes and stir till there are no clumps.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. I use a whisk.
Pour in clean jars and store in the refrigerator... warm the milk for a feeding.
This will keep for up to a week in fridge or can be frozen for a couple of weeks.
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norseofcourse
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I'm sorry to hear about your goat.
If there's a farm or feed store around, go get Nutridrench for goats, give her what the label recommends. It's a good nutrition and calorie supplement.
And I really think you need to find someone experienced with goats that can help mentor you - fast! It sounds like you got her very young. Is she somewhere she can graze on pasture/brush/weeds? Is she alone or does she have a companion in with her? Did she have any vaccinations? Did you weigh her and make sure of the dosages of the wormers? I hope you've been writing down the date, type of wormer and dosage each time - that's important information to assess how she's responded, and plan future treatments.
I'm sorry you've run into the 'just a goat' attitude, that means you need to read and learn as much as you can, I hope you can find someone in your area that is experienced and worth learning from. Good luck!
If there's a farm or feed store around, go get Nutridrench for goats, give her what the label recommends. It's a good nutrition and calorie supplement.
And I really think you need to find someone experienced with goats that can help mentor you - fast! It sounds like you got her very young. Is she somewhere she can graze on pasture/brush/weeds? Is she alone or does she have a companion in with her? Did she have any vaccinations? Did you weigh her and make sure of the dosages of the wormers? I hope you've been writing down the date, type of wormer and dosage each time - that's important information to assess how she's responded, and plan future treatments.
I'm sorry you've run into the 'just a goat' attitude, that means you need to read and learn as much as you can, I hope you can find someone in your area that is experienced and worth learning from. Good luck!
