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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 183 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141 Rating: N/A |
Yogurt doesn't really have enough calcium to do the job if she has milk fever, it would take gallons of yogurt and that wouldn't be good for her....Get the CMPK. I is something I keep on hand. Give Tums or some other calcium based antacid for now. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Linda Houle Moderator Username: lindahoule Post Number: 38 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 66.101.17.100  Rating: N/A |
we have also been giving her plain yogurt to help with calcium and her rumen is that ok Houles ranch Buena Vista Colorado up in the clouds 8500 feet above sea level | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 182 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141 Rating: N/A |
Sounds like Milk Fever or hypocalcemia (low calcium). Although the condition is called a "fever" the actual body temperature is often dangerously low. Give CMPK gel or liquid (get at most feedstores) which has the vital minerals and propylene glycol, an easily digested sugar for energy. Give 1/4 to 1/3 of the cow dose every 4 hours. You can use 6 10 10 crushed up Tums instead of the CMPK gel in a pinch...But then keep giving molasses, Magic solution (recipe under potions on the articles page) to help keep her energy up. Be sure you are taking the temperature properly. You need to insert the thermometer at least 2 inches into the rectum, any less and you will get a low temp. The other advice about how to warm her up is very good, start bottle feeding the babies. If she isn't eating and drinking well she is not making any milk for the kids. The articles page has a good homemade milk replacer recipe under Kids and Kidding. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Linda Houle Moderator Username: lindahoule Post Number: 37 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 66.101.17.100 Rating: N/A |
Oops I forgot to post the important part about her temp I am sorry it is 94 degrees so she is dangerously low, the babies are actually holding up fine we immedately started bottle feeding them, we had some goat milk saved up just in case for these things do come up once in a great while. I ran out of nutri drench last night, so I will get some homemade stuff made up asap Houles ranch Buena Vista Colorado up in the clouds 8500 feet above sea level | ||
| Ann Flickinger New member Username: annflickinger Post Number: 26 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.72.110.169 Rating: N/A |
You really need to get her temp up, it is very dangerously low. I used to heat fleece or any blankets I could find in the dryer, roll them up tight and take them to the barn and put them on her. As soon as on was getting cooled off I brought another. Be careful not to burn her. I did this every hour until I saw my goat doing better. There is also an article on goatworld.com under the topic hypothermia(on the main page). Be sure to give her some goat nutridrench (this helped mine a lot) or you can make a homemade warm up solution. This is from the same article: 5 cc of strong black coffee mixed with 1 tablespoon of molasses or Karo syrup given orally. Make she she is out of a drafty areas and bedded deeply, but not too deep that the babies may get stuck. How are the twins holding up? | ||
| Linda Houle Moderator Username: lindahoule Post Number: 36 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 66.101.17.100 Rating: N/A |
Hi all, we have a goat that delivered twins about a week ago when it was -20 degrees outside (she was in a barn) yesterday she refused to eat or let the kids nurse. I stayed up with her all night giving her yogurt and giving her warm water with a syringe. We also put a heat lamp on over her, right now her temp is not good 94 degrees, she is alert but not eating, she has urinated fine today.but she is very weak and does not want to get up unless we make her. I gave her molasses and sugar water too to help get her strength up. Any other ideas would be great. Houles ranch Buena Vista Colorado up in the clouds 8500 feet above sea level |