Our 12 year old wether George has had some random bouts of coughing over the last couple of days. He is not coughing constantly but when he does it sounds dry.
We took his temp last night and it was 105 F, so we started him on Tylan 200. Used the 1cc per 25 lbs dosage and gave 8 ccs since per the weight tape he is about 190 lbs.
At about noon today took his temp again and it was 105.7 F. Should we give banamine? If the Tylan is going to help when should we see improvement?
He is eating and drinking. He is acting very slightly wobbly (I assume due to fever). And his appetite is decreased some. Usually his evening mush is gone by morning. But about half of it is still there (he is still slowly eating it).
He also has oak branches available and was eating those last night and ate some more just now.
We counted his respirations per minute and it was normal, 12 breaths a minute.
We tried listening to his lungs with a stethoscope and didn't hear any loud crackling but don't know exactly what to listen for.
He has been getting 1000mg of vit C per day for months. I gave him another 1000mg (two 500mg chewables) just now but he had them last night too.
He had a clean standard fecal on Oct 10th 2020 and his FAMACHA is pink.
I am going to send in a fecal to check for lungworms but need to get enough pellets from him first. He has had lungworm show up on a fecal in the past but didn't have symptoms then.
Any advice?
We took his temp last night and it was 105 F, so we started him on Tylan 200. Used the 1cc per 25 lbs dosage and gave 8 ccs since per the weight tape he is about 190 lbs.
At about noon today took his temp again and it was 105.7 F. Should we give banamine? If the Tylan is going to help when should we see improvement?
He is eating and drinking. He is acting very slightly wobbly (I assume due to fever). And his appetite is decreased some. Usually his evening mush is gone by morning. But about half of it is still there (he is still slowly eating it).
He also has oak branches available and was eating those last night and ate some more just now.
We counted his respirations per minute and it was normal, 12 breaths a minute.
We tried listening to his lungs with a stethoscope and didn't hear any loud crackling but don't know exactly what to listen for.
He has been getting 1000mg of vit C per day for months. I gave him another 1000mg (two 500mg chewables) just now but he had them last night too.
He had a clean standard fecal on Oct 10th 2020 and his FAMACHA is pink.
I am going to send in a fecal to check for lungworms but need to get enough pellets from him first. He has had lungworm show up on a fecal in the past but didn't have symptoms then.
Any advice?