Problems with doe after kidding

[babsbag]

Thursday morning 3 year old doe delivers twins, no problems. I observer her starting to deliver the afterbirth and didn't wait around for it to complete. Kids are staying with their dam. All seems well, I notice some more after birth type discharge but don't see any real evidence in the pen, but many of my goats will eat it.

Friday morning she doesn't eat her grain. Friday afternoon I milk her, give her about 3 cups of goat feed, which she picks at. I notice that she is not interested in her hay. Temp is 103.1 I administer Bio-Mycin. No odors.

Saturday she has liquid scours. Still not eating much but does drink some. Saturday night picking at her hay, but I hear her rumen working. I take her temp. 103.5. Still no odor. I give another round of Bio-Mycin. Scour-Halt and herbal anti-scour meds. I have not run a fecal. Her membranes look good. Parasites have never been a problem at my farm but I am watching them due to the rain this year. I seriously doubt worms since she is running a fever.

My first thought was uterine infection but that was a very quick onset and I didn't have to assist with the birth in any way. The fluid and sacs at birth looked normal, no meconium, no odor, nothing weird at all, quick and easy birth. The severe scours tossed doubt into my mind about uterine infection.

Anybody see anything I might have missed? I will update later today.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I have always heard scour halt stops the peristaltic action of the gut and that it shouldn't be used in adult goats Never have used it before.

The scours may or may not be related, hard to tell. After she kidded (on Thursday) did you give any grain after kidding? I know you have said you don't give grain until they kid. Could that be causing the scours?
What are you using for bedding? Is she eating it? It would be weird to have a gut infection... You aren't feeding Chaffhaye anymore, right?

Did you check the milk? May as well rule that out.

I know folks who have had goat pass *most* of the placenta but not all of it, causing an infection.

I'd load her up on probiotics.

 

[babsbag]

I did check the milk, first thing I did. She got about 3 cups of grain after she kidded which isn't much and I would guess the grain as well if it was clumpy poo and not liquid and no fever.

I have heard that about Scour-halt and pretty much ruled it out as a problem; it is just an antibiotic and I find many people using it in adult goats. She is chewing her cud. I used it in 8-12 week old kids a few years ago. But I should do the probiotics, have to go and buy some and it isn't something I keep on hand.

She was eating her hay this morning, but I still saw signs of scours. Did not take her temp, but her milk production is not up to snuff.

 

[Latestarter]

Hope it's nothing serious and she recovers from whatever is affecting her.

 

[Alibo]

Any chance it could be a coccidia bloom from stress of kidding and lots of rain?

 

[babsbag]

She seems better. Temp is 102.7 so "normal". I am keeping in eye on her of course and really watching for parasites this year, I will get a fecal done on a few, just for a spot check.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear she is doing better