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Old 12/08/05, 09:29 AM
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No, Zeke does not have worms, it was maggots that he got while he was outside with his mother. I don't know what caused her to die, we wormed all the goats a month before she kidded, so I don't think that it would be worms. By the way, Zeke is doing much better now.
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Old 12/08/05, 12:28 PM
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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]OH Goat Ferak, I am really sorry to hear about mom. We all know you will do just fine with Zeke. I know everyone is giving you a lot of idea's about what to feed the little one, but you will find the one that works for you, they are just like childrens formulas, some are better then others, and every child does better on one then the other. If you have a feed store near you by you might see if they have any nipples that go on the end of a beer or pop bottle, they are made for baby animals like goats sheet ect... I ended up getting a couple sets from Jeffers.com along with a few other bottle things, one you can even hang on a fence or bar for them to "nurse" when they need to. If it is all possible I would try to take her(mom) to a vet or a vet school, so they can see what happened to her. We had a baby in feb that I had to pull, her brother and sister were born fine at like 3:30 on the 12th of Feb, the next morning I noticed mom was not doing well, so I went up into her and pulled another baby, 20 hours later. I new she was dead so I kind of just threw her down. Well that startled her enough to start up her heart. Mom said no way that is not mine. So we had our first bottle baby in 5 years. We named her HOPE, because we just hoped she would make it thru the night. She did. She went to school with my daughter for while until she decided she needed to run the whole school, then she came to work with me. She thought for the longest time she was a dog because she was raised by our three dogs, she slept with them and everything "including eating the dog food" We had to finally put her in the barn with the other goats and she really didn't know how to act. She would come in thru the doggie door and come running into the house. We came home one day and found her fast asleep on my bed. I was really mad but how can you stay mad when you are laughing so hard. Enjoy little Zeke, he will be a great bundle of fun with a LOT of responsibilities.
We all know you will do fine with him. You do need to have the scours treated right away. Get a sample of the poop to the vet to run a fecal float and make sure it is not something that will cause you to lose him also.
Good luck and I will say a prayer for you and the little guy.
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Old 12/08/05, 12:46 PM
 
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Milk fever is a metabolic disorder caused when the goat does not have enough calcium in her system and the cure for it is calcium shots. Her milk will dry up when she has it. My doe, Isis got milk fever after giving birth to quintuplets last spring. She became depressed, wouldn't eat and stopped producing milk. I rushed her to the vet, where she was given shots of calcium, thiamine, A&D and Bo Se. I also gave her propylene glycol orally. She had to stay on the calcium and propylene glycol for about a week. She got better and her milk came back.
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Old 12/08/05, 03:58 PM
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Thank you Sweet Goats, we already have Zeke used to his bottle now, and we are using the buttermilk/whole cows milk/ evaporated milk that was suggested by debjminis ( I am pretty sure). By the way, thank you for your prayers, and like i said in one of my other psots, the only vet that handles goats is VERY far away, so we really can't do any of the vet things, although i will ask my parents. Thank you goatkid for your info as well, Clara was suspeciously dried up when we found her, but would milk fever cause seisures? That is my main problem, maybe she had milk fever and a stroke at the same time? Would milk fever cause her to have a stroke? I am sorry that I ask so many questions, it is just that I still have no idea what killed her, I just know some things that MIGHT have killed her. Once again thank you all for the help, bye.
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