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I've got a 5 month old boer/La Mancha cross. She had a bout of diarrhea last week and I brushed it off because she sometimes squeezes in to the chicken feeder and it cleared up quickly. This Monday evening I came home to her with diarrhea again, and now we're on day 3. I want to treat it now because she is still up & moving, eating hay & grazing. I know she has not been in to any chicken food.
Unfortunately my fantastic vet ended up under a horse the wrong way and is out of commission so I would have to do a mail-in fecal. She was recently wormed at proper doses with Ivermec and Safeguard because she had moderately pink eyelids (not bright enough for me). None of the other 9 goats in her pen have even a hint of diarrhea.
Is she too old for coccidia? Will it hurt to treat her since I can't get a fecal?
Also, there is this strange plant that just bloomed in their pen - could this be the problem? It's been there before and the goats don't graze it but it's possible she nibbled it.
I included a photo of the cute little bugger.
My plan of action right now (after I hear from you guys) is:
5 cc Dimethox
5 cc Pepto
Vitamin B oral gel
Red Cell depending on how her eyelids look
I read a bunch of the other posts on diarrhea & coccidia so I'm not trying to get you guys to repeat! I'm really hoping it is NOT cocci because I really don't have another pen to move all these goats to!
Unfortunately my fantastic vet ended up under a horse the wrong way and is out of commission so I would have to do a mail-in fecal. She was recently wormed at proper doses with Ivermec and Safeguard because she had moderately pink eyelids (not bright enough for me). None of the other 9 goats in her pen have even a hint of diarrhea.
Is she too old for coccidia? Will it hurt to treat her since I can't get a fecal?
Also, there is this strange plant that just bloomed in their pen - could this be the problem? It's been there before and the goats don't graze it but it's possible she nibbled it.
I included a photo of the cute little bugger.
My plan of action right now (after I hear from you guys) is:
5 cc Dimethox
5 cc Pepto
Vitamin B oral gel
Red Cell depending on how her eyelids look
I read a bunch of the other posts on diarrhea & coccidia so I'm not trying to get you guys to repeat! I'm really hoping it is NOT cocci because I really don't have another pen to move all these goats to!
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