Baby goat scours

chma4 · #1 01/30/11, 04:44 PM

All of my baby goats have scours. tHIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY SYMPTOM. aLL OF MY ADULTS ARE FINE. wHAT IS GOING ON?

natty threads · #2 01/30/11, 07:33 PM

How old are they?

Have you treated them with a coccidiostat?

Melbertsch · #3 01/30/11, 07:37 PM

are they bottle fed or with the mom?

Backfourty,MI. · #4 01/31/11, 09:44 AM

What are they eating? How old, etc. Need more info.

fishhead · #5 01/31/11, 07:34 PM

Are you feeding milk or replacer?

TxMex · #6 01/31/11, 07:51 PM

I used probios paste probiotics with my bottle lamb and it straightened him right out. I didn't give him the whole recommended dose at once, but spread it out over a 12 hour period. Then I gave him a small amount daily for a week to make sure that the good bacteria got well established.

I also took old fashioned oatmeal and put it in the blender. Took it down to just before it turned to flour...just barely grainy. I put some of that in his bottle to help soothe his tummy and to slow down food passing through his system so he would get some good from it before passing it. You have to make the opening on the bottle a little bigger. I put about 1/2 tsp to 4 ozs milk and 2 ounces water. I gave oatmeal every other feeding.

I also feed every 4 hours round the clock and if they have tummy upset I feed smaller amounts more often. Hope your babies get better quickly!

praieri winds · #7 01/31/11, 10:14 PM

baby oatmeal or rice cereal works to and dosen't have the bran as fiber I had to use kaopectate on a couple of times not much tho

Native87 · #8 02/01/11, 05:23 AM

I agree. Oatmeal works as a "binder" great fiber for the little one. I sure hope it gets better.

chma4 · #9 02/04/11, 03:52 PM

So sorry I have been MIA. Busy busy busy.
Thank you all for your responses. I treated with Pro-bios and Ivermectin.
They are on Mom and eating some grain and hay. All but 2 of them got better. (a brother and sister pair)
Went to vet today for disbudding, and he prescribed some meds. It is hard to read the bottle but looks like it says Sulfa Met 12.5%. I am giving anyone who had the runs, 1ml/10# for 5 days. I am not sure what is going on, but want to be thorough. I will follow up every other day with probios to keep healthy rumins.
Any other suggestions are always appreciated
Do you think if I offered baby cereal in their grains, that it would help? I have single grain rice. Ya know, the Gerber stuff for babies.