[Delinda]

I have a doeling about 4 months old that is throwing up-very green stuff. She has done this for 2 days now, it is not constant, maybe 3 times a day. Her temp. is 98.7. I just bought these goats last Sat. and they came from a drought stricken area and we have decent grass here. I am wondering if the grass is making her sick? I sent DH to get yogurt to give her. Any other suggestions?

 

[Caprice Acres]

Check her for bloat. Also, if she's from a drought stricken place and also didn't have access to hay, she may be learning how to chew her cud now.

 

[Feral Nature]

Retake her temp! if it is that low, she is in great distress and she may die. Did you take it with a digital thermometer rectally? Also, take a herdmates temp to get a good comparison. Put the doeling on just grass hay right now and get some baking soda in her. No feed, no grain, no browse or weeds. Do you have CD antitoxin? Get some and give her that now, even if you have to find a goat owner near you and get it if vet is closed already.

Is her rumen real bloated? Is the left side of her belly hard and inflated like a drum? Is she with other goats and if so, how are they? What is the weight and condition of this sick one, thin or fat, shiney or dull. When was she last wormed? Is there anything else you can think to tell us? Oh, any diarrhea? Is she up and about? Listless?

Hopefully someone else will come add to my response soon...sorry she is sick.

 

[fishhead]

My guess is that she isn't used to green grass. I would put her on nothing but hay for a while and gradually introduce her to grazing a little more each day after eating hay first.

If she starts to scour I would give her 5cc of pepto bismol.

 

[Delinda]

I took her temp with a digital thermometer rectally-I just went out and checked it on other goats, apparently it is not working right, i got different temps on all goats. She is up and eating, looks fairly good, running around with the other goats. I gave her baking soda and yogurt and it seems to have helped her. I believe she may be bloated. She has no diarrhia, not at all listless, dewormed last Sat. and is normal weight for her age. She does not seem to be really bloated-no hard or inflated left side. Her only sysmptoms seem to be the throwing up. How often can I give her the baking soda? I do have a bottle bloat relief for cows, but I have not gave her any of it. Oh yes, she is in with 25 other goats and they are just fine.

 

[fishhead]

I keep baking soda available so whenever they want some it's there waiting.

 

[xoxoGOATSxoxo]

I knew a doeling who drooled her cud all the time. No problems wiht her teeth. She always had green gunk around her mouth, and it dripped out in long strings when she chewed. It was gross, but she was a nice goat. I dont know if she ever stopped; the people who had her sold her at aobut 5 months.

Could this be the problem??

 

[goatkid]

Was she just weaned off her mom or a bottle? I had a couple of doelings I pulled off their mom to take to a show. They had cud drooling out their mouths. This was the first time they had not had milk and were eating more hay. Apparantly, they had not been producing that much cud before and were also a bit stressed being at a show. I gave soda and probios. The goats did just fine and went on to learn to chew their cud properly. If the kid is acting normally other than throwing up green stuff, I'd feed her a diet of hay and give soda, and probios or yogurt.

 

[Feral Nature]

Delinda, hopefully your doeling is ok today and was just a bit full. I don't have experience with goats vomiting. I don't think it could be a good thing though, keep looking for a cause.

 

[topside1]

Delinda, the only time I had goats vomit was when they ate some poisonous plants...in my case Mountain Laurel.

 

[sugarbush]

I would say that its just her cud and she doesn't know to chew it. I would limit her grass intake. A bloated goat will go down and die really quickly, so I would say its not bloat. If you do get a goat with bloat you can throw out the baking soda, it does not work and actually reacts in the stomach and will make it worse. Sometimes for bloat you can take bale twine and fold it back on itself until it is about 1/2" in diameter; sit on the goats back and force it in her mouth so you are holding the two ends and it is like a horse bit in the back of her mouth. This will force her to chew and induce her digestive system to kick back into gear. In really bad cases you can take an empty needle and pull the plunger out of it, stick it in her flank just infront of her hind legs and pull back out slowly until you hear gas hissing out of it. If you don't have a needle on hand you can cut a vent with a stirle knife, but it will need to be stiched back up later.

 

[Delinda]

My doe is doing OK now and I thank everyone for the advice. She is still throwing up a little, not to much though, and from observing her she only does it when she is chewing cud. I do believe the cud is her problem, it seems to make her throw up. I have raised goats for quite a few years now and I have never seen this happen. Hopefully she will stop this.