Scours and not even one day old, help!

[farm mom]

I had triplets born yesterday, pulled them off of mom and bottle feeding them mom's colostrum. They were born in the afternoon yesterday, they had a bottle after birth, one early evening and one late evening and then this morning. This morning they all had scours. I know I need to take them off of the milk but what about them not getting colostrum? What would cause scours this young (I have never even had a kid have a problem with scours in the last six years of goat raising)? The girl is the least affected but the two boys don't look as good. Thanks for any advice!

[Backfourty,MI.]

I always dam raise our kids here so I can't help much but I was just wondering how much your feeding them in each bottle? What kind of babies are they?

Sounds like maybe too much at 1 time but don't really know. I'm sure someone else here will step up & help soon.
Babies that young really shouldn't get anything else in their system except for momma's milk if possible so if you don't give them momma's milk I'm not sure what you'd give them. I'd be afrain to feed them anything else.

[Alice In TX/MO]

What are you seeing? Yellow sticky poo after the first black poo is normal.

[mygoat]

Are you sure it's scours? When you have a pile of kids in the barn, they often poo on each other or poo laying down, getting it all over themselves.

True scours, and a little kaolin pectate will firm stools - just don't overdo it and cause constipation.

[The Tin Mom]

We had this same problem with Cami's three Dudes Who Kept Us Waiting, and, at the time, they were dam raised. We lost one of the three. The only one that didn't scour was the one whose legs were splinted (couldn't eat as easily?). The one that we lost was the strongest and most robust of the three. The runt scoured a little, but not much.

I thought it was probably overeating. Cami is a FF whose production rivels my third year freshener with amazing milk genetics. I figured since Cami is a FF, she didn't know to make them stop eating soon enough.

How much are you feeding?

Edited to add: We lost that poor boy really fast - he slept all day, had scours and obvious distress that evening. He was almost gone by 10pm. Praying that this isn't the same thing as you are seeing.

[Oat Bucket Farm]

Try smaller, more frequent feedings.

[farm mom]

Thanks everyone. It is definitely scours, I know what normal poo looks like and this is very runny and liquidy. It has no shape to it whatsoever. The back ends are covered with it. I am only feeding four feedings a day and whatever they will eat at that bottle only. I generally feed four feedings the first week or two and then move down to three times a day. They are getting only mom's colostrum and nothing else. Thanks everyone!

[Alice In TX/MO]

Were these bottles and nipples you'd used before? ANY chance that something grew under the washers of the nipples, etc?

[billooo2]

I just had a day-old kid with scours this week. I talked with the vet's office.....they said that it was unusual for it to happen in a kid this young.

Long story short.....we started her on Naxcel (sp?)......stools were normal the next day.....and kid seems to be doing fine (2days later).

[Backfourty,MI.]

How is your little doeling doing today?