[goosepimple]

Thinking of you and the little one 

[Lesley Silvester]

You deserve for her to make a full recovery but, even if she doesn't survive, you'll know you gave her every possible chance.   

[fifixx]

So she's very slowly getting better - still down, but I lift her to move her and she tries to use legs; head less tilted; nibbling at grass and hay - but not sure how much she gets down as her mouth is still pretty paralysed.  giving her lectade all the time which she drinks and this morning saw she had drunk half a bucket of water.

Lost my nerve this morning with the injecting - just couldn't do it!  Had to come in, calm down, look up how to inject on lots of websites.  then plus husband to hold her, did a sq over ribs.  I'm off to see the neighbouring sheep farmer to get to grips with the neck injections.  Poor thing - bumps all over from 4 injections a day and it does hurt her.

[maddy]

I do feel for you (and her).  You deserve to pull her through. 

[fifixx]

She's slowly getting better - down to 2 x 5ml injections of penicillin today - thank goodness.  Lifting her up to try and get some life into the legs and putting her over a haybale - but need a smaller bale as her legs don't reach the ground! 

Little offerings of grass, rose leaves and she even has one of my pots of overwintering parsley in front of her!!

Asked vet today how long do I carry on and he thinks she may make it - she is having lectade plus every day so that will keep her alive and she is cudding a little bit so she is managing to nibble something. 

[Anke]

Try her on some ivy leaves, it's a good pick-me up for goats. No flowers/seeds though, but ivy and maybe bramble leaves should be around just now...
 
 

[goosepimple]

Will she make a full recovery fifixx or will there be a recurrance do you think?  All the best with her though, lovely she has such a caring owner, wonder what happens to ones that don't.

[Lesley Silvester]

Sounds encouraging if she's cudding.  You deserve her to pull through after all your hard work with her.

[fifixx]

If she does pull through, she should be OK - sometimes they stay a bit droopy on one side apparently.

She seems a bit weak this morning - I have cut the injections down - but probably lack of food.  Soaking sheep nuts which I'm going to add to pureed grass and the lectade drench plus a bit of brewers yeast and probiotics: sounds almost like a posh liquid diet!!

[wytsend]

Give her some live yoghurt asap...........the antibiotics will also have killed off the gut bacteria !!!
Give her as much as she will take........it wont be proper digestion/cudding without gut bacteria.

[fifixx]

I''ve put some probiotics in her drench.  last night she got something stuck in her throat as I was drenching her - a leaf or something, so tiny bit worried this morning!  Gave her some drench early this morning but she was still a bit gaggy - so need to have a look

[fifixx]

So much better! Last night she stood up and walked to the water bucket, just a few steps.  Today, she did the same and stayed up while eating some grass.

She is still blind in one eye, that may or may not get better.  I am still giving her 3 ml penicillin daily and plenty of tlc - although we had the first kids this evening, so masses to do!

[Brucklay]

Sounds like you've turned a corner - that's really good news and kids too what a good day - really glad for you 

[Anke]

    for your goatling and  for the kids too!

[goosepimple]

great news and a very lucky girl for having such a great owner