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He was born Thurs. afternoon (We are bottle feeding for CAE Prev.) He has been in the house with us and was fine untill Sat. evening. He was constipated and when he finally went it was very hard and dry. A few minutes later he pooped again and this time it was very loose and had blood clots in it. I think he may have gotten a tear in his rectum from the hard dry poo. Late Sat. evening it stopped and he was eating a bouncing around like normal. It actual took a while to get him to go to bed. Woke up this morning and He was just standing there in a daze. Called Vet and he came out. By the time the vet got here the buckling was just laying on his side and too week to even pick up his head. Vet gave him: Thiamin, Vit. B, and Banamine. (at 9:30 this AM) He will now stand very still for about 5 min. at a time. He will walk a few steps to his favorite spot to lay down. Now he is kinda dragging his back left leg a little. Not sure if this is from the shot itself or something else. My biggest concern (and the vets) was Goat Polio due to his digestive system being out of wack. I cannot get him to eat. I have only managed to get about 3 oz into him all day.
My questions are....How long before we see an improvement? How do I drench? (his mouth doesn't seem to work and I know he needs to keep eating) And Does anyone have any other ideas as to what I can do for him.
This is our first kid and I'm really worried we are screwing it up. I feel so awfull.
My questions are....How long before we see an improvement? How do I drench? (his mouth doesn't seem to work and I know he needs to keep eating) And Does anyone have any other ideas as to what I can do for him.
This is our first kid and I'm really worried we are screwing it up. I feel so awfull.