Robyn8
Loving the herd life
Hi,
I have a 9 month old goat recovering from a jaw fracture and severe tongue laceration. See my previous post for the full story:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/goat-with-teeth-knocked-out.38857/page-3#post-585742
His surgery was Friday the 21st. We just finished antibiotics today and the vet wants me to continue giving thiamine SQ every 8 hours for another 5 days or so to prevent polio. I am syringe feeding critical care 4 times a day and he's starting to eat grain and hay on his own (very slowly and not nearly enough to keep him going but he's trying!). The thiamine injections are becoming a huge issue for us. he fights us and then gets super stressed afterwards and starts shaking. I called the vet and asked if there was an oral option and they said no. But some people treat early cases of polio with oral thiamine don't they? Can I take a human b 1 tablet and crush it and put it in water? obviously I'd have to calculate out how much to give but I don't know a dosage. he's just a little 40 lb Nigerian dwarf. I just hate to keep stressing him out with a preventative. I intend to save the injectable in case we see neuro signs or he goes off feed completely, but I'm wondering if I can try an oral or just skip it and watch him carefully? any thoughts or experience with this would be great!
Thanks!
I have a 9 month old goat recovering from a jaw fracture and severe tongue laceration. See my previous post for the full story:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/goat-with-teeth-knocked-out.38857/page-3#post-585742
His surgery was Friday the 21st. We just finished antibiotics today and the vet wants me to continue giving thiamine SQ every 8 hours for another 5 days or so to prevent polio. I am syringe feeding critical care 4 times a day and he's starting to eat grain and hay on his own (very slowly and not nearly enough to keep him going but he's trying!). The thiamine injections are becoming a huge issue for us. he fights us and then gets super stressed afterwards and starts shaking. I called the vet and asked if there was an oral option and they said no. But some people treat early cases of polio with oral thiamine don't they? Can I take a human b 1 tablet and crush it and put it in water? obviously I'd have to calculate out how much to give but I don't know a dosage. he's just a little 40 lb Nigerian dwarf. I just hate to keep stressing him out with a preventative. I intend to save the injectable in case we see neuro signs or he goes off feed completely, but I'm wondering if I can try an oral or just skip it and watch him carefully? any thoughts or experience with this would be great!
Thanks!
