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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Sbom on August 18, 2016, 08:21:58 am

Title: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom 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.
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: fsmnutter 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.
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom 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
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Melmarsh 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:
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: devonlady on August 18, 2016, 02:51:17 pm: Hope she'll be alright. What a worry!
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: mojocafa on August 18, 2016, 06:27:23 pm: How are things? :fc:
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom 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
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Rupert the bear on August 18, 2016, 10:00:52 pm: fingers crossed then , let us know in the morning :fc: :fc:
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Penninehillbilly on August 19, 2016, 11:24:43 am: How is She?
I was told Skimmia gives same symptoms.
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom on August 19, 2016, 11:27:10 am: She's a little brighter, nibbling corn but still very weak and wobbly
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Steph Hen on August 19, 2016, 11:40:27 am: :fc:
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Daisys Mum 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!
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom 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:
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Steph Hen on August 20, 2016, 08:40:10 am: Wow! Well done you on your nursing skills!
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: devonlady on August 20, 2016, 09:02:49 am: I'm happy to hear that!
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Penninehillbilly on August 20, 2016, 12:47:20 pm: Great News :thumbsup: ;D
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Beeducked on August 20, 2016, 10:38:38 pm: Had a goat that did this, ate Piris Japonica. Was pretty sure she was going to die as she was so poorly and weak. Vomiting, unable to stand, heart rate in her boots and then 24 hours later she's bouncing around like nothing happened!
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Penninehillbilly on August 21, 2016, 07:46:02 pm: Quote from: Beeducked on August 20, 2016, 10:38:38 pm
Had a goat that did this, ate Piris Japonica. Was pretty sure she was going to die as she was so poorly and weak. Vomiting, unable to stand, heart rate in her boots and then 24 hours later she's bouncing around like nothing happened!
Pieris? Forest Flame ?
I think that's the one I was thinking of when I put Skimmia, got both and I get mixed up :-).
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: Sbom on August 21, 2016, 09:40:01 pm: Ooooo, just googled that plant and I'm sure we have one in said garden :thinking:

That might well have been the culprit ! Will check in the morning but defo have/had one with red and green leaves....
Title: Re: Very sick goat URGENT
Post by: pharnorth on August 22, 2016, 08:18:09 am: Can we have a photo? Of the plant. And the goat if she is looking better today of course.