PEPTO. It likely will not harm her in the least and will coat her rumen. I will include article on it at the bottom of this post.
If she has bloat, would her temp. be that high? What about with enterotoximia? Has she been vaccinated with CD&T? Even if so, I'd get her the C&D Anti-toxin ASAP for entero. Again, very low chance of hurting her if that's not what it is.
For bloat you can also give simethicone (you can get the infant drops at the store but that really should be given ASAP (same with pepto but doing it later again won't hurt her). There is also Bloat Release and Bloat Pac you can use but I have no knowledge of their value in these situations.
Have you talked to a vet?
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This is an article written and posted by Sue Reith:
_Importance of using Pepto Bismol for treatment in Bloat Situations_
*by Sue Reith*
The use of Pepto Bismol is routine treatment for goats in bloat
situations, particularly when it's caused by grain overload. That's
because grain overload sets up a severe acidosis in goats, and the
acidosis quickly damages the linings of intestines (not to mention pH
balance in the brain, which is one reason we using baking soda as
well!). The intestinal walls' reaction to acidosis is to protect
themselves by forming a protective mucoid coating, that slimy stuff
being the basis of diarrhea. If not reversed (by way of protecting the
walls from the acidosis with something like Pepto Bismol), the diarrhea
will continue, the walls will have to produce more and more mucous, and
before long the intestinal walls will sustain severe damage.
Probably the most compelling reason of all for using Pepto Bismol to
protect the intestinal walls in a bloat situation is that Clostridium
perfringens organisms (the ones that cause Enterotoxemia, which is
secondary to many problems such as bloat) live normally in the goat's
gut. That's not a problem unless the gut gets stopped up and those
intestinal walls become acid-damaged, which allows the rapidly
developing Enterotoxemia toxins to pass freely thru them into the
abdominal cavity, where they shut down the body's functions. It's not a
comfortable way to die.
So liberal use of Pepto Bismol to protect the intestinal walls
from acidosis damage is a primary step that should routinely be taken in
bloat situations. Fecal matter can then pass normally thru the gut,
continuing to carry the clostridial organisms out of the body via a
healthy, undamaged digestive tract.
There is no limit to the amount of Pepto Bismol we can give in these
situations, in small doses and repeated often, and that can be easily
understood if we just stop to imagine the length of the intestines in
that goat belly, and the small amount of Pepto Bismol in each syringe
full. Keep in mind that 5cc is a mere teaspoon of fluid (surprising as
this may seem!), thus one 12cc syringe of Pepto Bismol holds only 2 1/2
teaspoons full of liquid, not capable of coating a whole lot of intestine.
Addendum: This is also why we use Pepto Bismol in preventing/fixing FKS
(Floppy KId Syndrome), which also involves severe acidosis.
Sue Reith
Carmelita Toggs
Bainbridge Island WA
suereith@msn.com
