[danconfessed]

Hi all, been away the weekend and returned home today to find out my Pygmy goat has been scouring since Saturday am. Very loose/ water/ runny poo's and been very lethargic. I checked his back end this afternoon and still wet. Apparently he hasn't eaten and I checked his gums and they are cold/ pale. First call tomorrow am will be to the vet but is there anything I can do this evening to make sure his comfortable or to stop
It getting any worse?

[Andrea]

Hi we use cinnamon powder mixed with water 2 teaspoons with a little water and syringe down throat. Every 4 hours but might be too late. We have used this for years with 100% success. Hope this works

[fiestyredhead331]

I keep a bottle of Kaolin from the chemist, works a treat usually, I have twins scouring at the mo so hoping that will help.

[cuckoo]

Rehydrate by offering warm calf scour rehydration sachets made up as per instructions - failing that warm water - if wont drink drench him as dehydration will kill.  Keep warm - offer things like ivy leaves, willow and blackberry leaves - raspberry leaves if you have it.  Greens / forage like that to tempt to eat - readigrass is a favourite of mine. Kaolin and morphine drench. I dose a 50kg boer with 50ml twice a day for my own goats and would drench a couple of hundred ml rehydration fluid every few hours for goat 50kg size.  If has a temperature and or diarrhoea is foul smelling I would treat with antibiotics.  I would also call the vet if I had returned to a goat with those symptons to discuss treatment as by the morning they are likely to be dead I am afraid.

Kaolin and morphine and calf scour sachets form integral part of my emergency supplies.

Hope the goat is feeling better now and welcome to the group