little billy didn't make it. Thanks all for the help.

my little 2 month old billy this morning was standing holding his head down, he will nibble at grass, but not put his head up, runs when I walk behind him, but stops took his temp, it is normal... poop pellets... tummy not hard. I am stumped and don't know what else to do?!?

 

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yes, I can move his head up, we noticed it when we did chores this morning, he was standing out in the lot just hanging his head down. I brought him in the back yard and took his temp, poop was fine, thought maybe an upset tummy, gave him pepto.. and I have bounce back mixed with water I have been giving him. his tummy is not hard, he follows his mommy around the back yard, I put her in with him. he climbed on the deck, but then just stands with his head down. when I hold him on my lap he puts his head on his side if I don't hold it up.

 

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I did give him a shot of the b1 this morning.. I think I will give him another, That is the one thing I did think of... thanks... I hope he will be ok.

 

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yes he is peeing, my husband goes out this morning and comes in and tells me my goat is dead.... then he comes back and says, he isn't dead, he was just sleeping... He is still holding his head down, I have been feeding him goat milk by syringe and he drinks it all, and bounce back water also.. and the b vitamin shot. He hates that! I wouldn't say he was any better, but he is not any worse.

 

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His eyelids are pretty pink, so is the inside of his mouth. he has been wormed and has his shots.

 

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He does stand on his own, he can get up and get down, when his head is down he tries to nibble on grass, I have put feed in front of him and he trys to eat it, I have been giving him goat milk and he drinks it pretty well, swallowing well, I am giving him vitamin shots also.
also it doesn't seem he is hurt at all, he still runs from me with his head up a little when I go to give him a shot, he really doesn't like them!

 

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no swelling on neck,no neck injury. he will lift his head but not for long. he is drinking the goat milk and water when I feed him, peeing fine, nothing in his ears, no better/no worse today. it is very humid here, all the goats are laying under the trees. He acts like he is dizzy. when he walks to fast turning around in a circle he falls down.
we are doing everything the vet said to do, keep feeding, and the vitamins, just time will tell, came home for lunch today to feed the baby.

 

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the B1 and penicillin is the first thing I though of, and stacy's reply right away made me lean more towards the polio listeria thing. I can't see any kind of injury that he may have gotten so I don't think tetanus... Got him all cozy in the barn and going out to feed/medicate him again. He sure hates those shots. good thing I raise milk goats as I have a ready supply of milk.I am trying to keep what strength he has up.
thanks for all the support here. You all have always been great! These little critters melt your heart. We raise meat rabbits also, and the mommy rabbit I believe had a stroke, maybe from the heat, Plus where she had poop on her the flies were on her, and of course the next day..( I had brought her inside) she had maggots, those blow fly ones that burrow in the skin.. I bathed her in diluted bleach water until I got all the maggots off, then gave her a nice bath in soap..and blow dried her .she was in the bathtub for several days before I got the rabbit cage. I was feeding her baby food carrots with a syringe and doctoring her, my husband was going to "knock her in the head" I told him to stay away from my bunny. It was his bunny until now! after a week of doctoring her last night she started eating on her own...and can't get enough. She has some limited mobility on her left side, but she is starting to move more. so on top of my little goat my little bunny foo foo has been in rehab.