Bloat or?

shiandpete.1 · #1 03/29/11, 11:38 PM

Long time no see my friends! I have a slight emergency and need some help...

6 week old lamancha/Tog cross
Temp 101.6
Eating hay, a handful of grain (split between 7 kids) and goats milk and a mix of unimilk replacer and goats milk.
Was fine this afternoon. Tonight appears bloated, and most definately painful.
Have given drench of sodium bicarbonate, and 3 cc mineral oil, and 1 cc of pen g...

Has not had CD&T shot yet as I normally give that at 8 weeks.

We have walked and massaged and rubbed. she seems filled with pressure as her butt looks a bit distended. No poop but one little berry to speak of..

What more should I do.

thaiblue12 · #2 03/29/11, 11:44 PM

Hi I have missed you, hope all is well aside from the goat kid.

When mine bloated it took 15-20 mins of non-stop massage to get her over it. I had given her veg oil first, then my daughter and I took turns massaging her and patting her pretty hard.

She burped loud, peed, pooped and got up and acted like nothing happened. She was not yet 8 weeks old but I went ahead and I gave her a CD&T, you should just to be on the safe side.

shiandpete.1 · #3 03/29/11, 11:50 PM

Hi thai! I am out of CD&T till morning, had 3 yearlings, a onth from kidding use up my bottle today. She has walked alot and hopped on somethings but then will just lay down after a bit. Had her in the house for a bit but her poor sad baaing kept my son awake so now we are back outside. Mal is walking and rubbing and then I will relieve her in a bit. I am not sure what she ate as she is a big kid and can't get out to nibblle the few small green shoots of grass. All she had access to was grass hay, we use a lamb bar bucket so I am thinking she gorged herself this afternoon.

shiandpete.1 · #4 03/30/11, 08:34 AM

Miss Mia was fine this morning at 3:45 am. She looked at me with her big goat eyes as if to say "why are you waking me at such a time." Woohoo!

Backfourty,MI. · #5 03/30/11, 09:36 AM

Glad to see you back Sarah, you were missed! So glad your little goat is doing much better, maybe she was a little piggy & that's what caused her problem. Baby Gas X would work good too next time if you have any & just rub, rub, rub & walk.

thaiblue12 · #6 03/30/11, 11:26 AM

Oh that is good news. She probably figured out if she sucked faster she would get more milk then the others

I am glad she is doing better.