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Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
He's congested in the lungs? The Nuflor should kick any pneumonia. What is his temperature? It's good he's acting better & eating but the congestion would concern me.
Might need to talk to the vet & let him know what's going on just in case he has any ideas plus then he'll know why you think you need more Nuflor.
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No Nuflor.
The vet was supposed to put it in the cooler on the back porch of the clinic since they're not there on Saturdays and it wasn't there when I went to pick it up. There were two other bags with meds in them for someone else but nothing for me and not my needed Nuflor.
Either they forgot or someone accidentally picked up the bag meant for me.
I haven't taken his temperature. I can't find my thermometer and when I stopped at the store on Wednesday (a little country grocery store), they were out. I should have gotten one today when I was in town but forgot.
I'll see if I can get one this evening at the other store in town when I go in to pick my son up.
I'm not so sure the congestion is in his lungs. Definitely his nose, and when I went out to milk a couple of hours after feeding, I was looking at him and the snot was greatly reduced and he was breathing fine.
He was also standing at the fence, watching me milk and the three does (my milker, my old Saanen, and little Aspen) all eating their grain and alfalfa pellets and he was squeaking at me. I gave him a small amount, which he scarfed down, and I gave him probios at that time, too.
He has a great appetite now and he just looks happier and more bright eyed and he's more active. I just hope not getting the Nuflor for the next two days doesn't set him back. I guess I'll be calling the vet first thing Monday morning, that's for sure. I am NOT happy about that and I'll be glad when I can get my own bottle to have on hand and to administer as I see fit.
As far as asking the vet's advice - to be honest, I'm not so sure I set much store in it. I think he was very vague about what was going on with Zoey and things might have/should have turned out differently there.
His big thing seems to be horses and his small animal work, although I've found him to be a little vague and disinterested, at times, in the cats and dogs, too. He's getting up there, and he shakes, which makes me suspect something (maybe Parkinson's?) and I half expect him to retire before too long.
If I think I need to get some advice about Squirt, if he doesn't get cleared up completely in the next couple of days, I'm going to call another vet. There are very few vets around here who do goats but there is one who's name keeps popping up as being pretty good. The problem, though, is that he is quite a bit farther for me to go (25 miles or so one way) and he works very short hours - only four days a week. He also does NO after hours emergency work.
Anyway, I am not a happy camper today. Hopefully I can find a thermometer tonight; if not, I will just have to look a little harder for the one I have. I know it's around here someplace.
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