Our Buck is sick. Any Suggestions??

[Roll farms]

Children's ibuprofen can work in a pinch, same dose as humans, for fever.

Grinding teeth indicates pain / discomfort.

B vit should help stimulate his appetite.

 

[ThornyRidge]

teeth grinding could indicate something serious going on with rumen/digestion.. do you see and or hear any gut movement.. if not it could be serious..

 

[kimmyh]

Grinding his teeth is a BAD sign, please this goat is going to die if something isn't done for him. It sounds like he has pneumonia, but only a vet can say for sure, and his reduced urine out put can lead to UC, another terrible-preventable death.

 

[Goatfarmer]

Well as of yesterday evening Clyde was back up on his feet and eating and even playing around with the other goats. Im sure hes not out of the woods yet but the penicillin and B vitamin really helped. Were still not sure exactly what was wrong or what even caused it but he is doing much better. Thanks for the advice and help everyone!!! Will leave and update how he does today.

 

[ksalvagno]

That is great that Clyde is doing much better. I hope his recovery continues.

 

[cmjust0]

As someone else said, make sure he stays on the Pen for at least 7 days, if not 10... I know all too well that it's a pain to give shots twice daily -- for you and him! -- but it's much better than a potential Pen-resistant relapse.

FWIW, you can give him as much B-complex as you want, too.. It's water soluble, so you really can't OD him with it...he'll just wee out what he doesn't use. I'm never shy about giving someone b-complex, even for several days in a row.

Glad to hear he's feeling better.

 

[Goatfarmer]

Thanks everyone for the advice. Our Clyde is back on his feet and doing ALOT better, eating everything in sight and back to his onery self haha!! We are still giving the pen 2x a day and will continue for atleast 10 days.Were so glad hes doing better, had us worried for a while. Again thanks everyone for the advice just wanted to give a quick update. Thanks again!!

 

[lilhill]

Good job getting him up and going again.