Ellie- I spoke too quick

Why of course...

What have you been doing?

 

You can blend garlic in the GI soother and or dewormer .

 

You can mix with enough water to drench it..then add and blend the garlic. Drenching syringes are awesome for this. I do this with our parasite blend.

 

I start the stethoscope just behind and slightly above the front leg. Then I slowly move it up until I get a good spot to listen.

 

I am following this thread and just wanted to say @TCOLVIN You are so diligent, patient and hard working with Ellie, and so are the helping members! I am cheering for Ellie (and you!)!

 

Wow. That temp is too high. I think maybe there is definately a secondary infection somewhere.

 

Batril is a very strong antibiotic but should be given daily. Its not a long acting antibiotic. I don't see a reason to give one shot and wait three days. That really will do no good imo. If he is wanting to do a long acting antibiotic he can try Draxxin which has shown to be effective since it hits the lungs directly. Even with that sometimes we have to do another antibiotic between Draxxin 2 shots.

Now if you continue Nuflor between the two Baytril shots..at least then she won't be left vulnerable

 

Yes.., very true, draxxin is best for actual lung issue like pneumonia

Personally if she were mine I would finish the round of nuflor then switch to herbal infection blend. Something is going on with this doe and antibiotics, while many are broad, are specific for different infections. Sonfar they Just do not seem to be correcting her issue. The fact that she get ill ever 3 weeks or so has me to beleive may have Somthing to due with heat cycle...perhaps it lowers her immune system? Goats can be such a mystery. Now with herbs you are not just addressing infection but providing nutrients. Herbs act different than antibiotics as the body uses the herbs effectively and they do act quickly. By her picture..she looks healthy. At a good weight. If she is not bred..I would not breed her until you have this figured out as she may have an unseen defect she can pass along or pregnancy maybe too much for her. Kristie of LOH is amazing in helping find the best blend for this situation. Im thinking the Herbamins and Infectiin blend but she has a few new ones. GUARDIAN is one. Why not message her and discuss whats going on. I truly feel this Doe has had enough chemical treatment. Its not working. Time for a change.

 

Would not do baytril in the way vet suggested and maybe not at all...

Here's my thought process and I am curious @happybleats thoughts, don't do anything yet but for discussion -- My gut says the bacterial issue is in, well, her gut!

OCR mentions chronic/paracute enterotoxemia, I have heard of this - i.e. bacterial imbalance with clostridium perfringens. A CD antitoxin may not hurt.

On that note, activated charcoal or MOM to cleanse her may also not be a bad idea. @happybleats, your thoughts?

She looks good so I am hard-pressed to suspect Johnes but I do want to make sure she has been tested for it.

My mind is also considering something like FKS in an adult's microbiome. If we consider re-booting her whole system, a sulfa drug used for FKS will kill all bacteria (good included). That would be an interesting thing to consider.

This gal is stumping me but I would say to try the CD antitoxin I see no harm in that.