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Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Very sick goat URGENT
« on: August 18, 2016, 08:21:58 am »
My goats managed to get into my garden yesterday and one of the little pygmys has eaten  something she shouldn't....most probably a shiny leaf bush.
She seemed unhappy last night and I thought she'd be fine this morning but she's not. It looks like she has been throwing up the contents of her stomach and she seems to have belly ache. I'm waiting for the vet to call back but they aren't the best for goat health.....

Any advice gratefully received!

Tried some honey water but she's not interested at all.

fsmnutter

  • Joined Oct 2012
  • Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2016, 08:41:41 am »
  :'(
Vomiting usually means rhododendron.
Give her coffee and tlc, but it is very highly fatal.
Hope she hasn't eaten much and she pulls through.

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2016, 10:02:52 am »
Defo not rhododendron as have non. Have just dosed her up with meds so fingers crossed she pulls through.

Coffee? Black? Will try that

Melmarsh

  • Joined May 2014
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2016, 12:04:04 pm »
Sorry to hear this about your goat....not good news , could be any number of things that goats shouldn't eat and admittedly rhododendron is usually the culprit but privet, azalea, laurel and numerous others. Hope all goes well but vomiting, usually projectile is not a good sign in anyone's books do hope she only ate a very small amount  :hug:

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2016, 02:51:17 pm »
Hope she'll be alright. What a worry!

mojocafa

  • Joined Sep 2012
  • Angus
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2016, 06:27:23 pm »
How are things?  :fc:
pygmy goats, gsd, border collie, scots dumpys, cochins, araucanas, shetland ducks and geese,  marrans, and pea fowl in a pear tree.

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2016, 09:53:20 pm »
She's been dosed up but it's more a case of easing her discomfort. She's no worse...maybe slightly better. She's still in the corner of the yard sitting quietly by herself.
Will see what morning brings

Rupert the bear

  • Joined Jun 2015
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2016, 10:00:52 pm »
fingers crossed then , let us know in the morning   :fc: :fc:

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2016, 11:24:43 am »
How is She?
I was told Skimmia gives same symptoms.

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2016, 11:27:10 am »
She's a little brighter, nibbling corn but still very weak and wobbly

Steph Hen

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Angus Scotland.
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2016, 11:40:27 am »
 :fc:

Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
  • Scottish Borders
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2016, 01:21:39 pm »
Oh dear poor little goat, they really have no idea of things that aren't good for them have they? My trio managed to get into the rhubarb patch a couple of weeks ago and ate all the leaves, they suffered no ill effects but I came close to a nervous breakdown!
Anne

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2016, 08:10:00 am »
Well. This morning she's skipping around as happy as anything with the others  :relief:

They are resilient little things  :thumbsup:

Steph Hen

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Angus Scotland.
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2016, 08:40:10 am »
Wow! Well done you on your nursing skills!

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: Very sick goat URGENT
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2016, 09:02:49 am »
I'm happy to hear that!

 

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