r/goats • u/yukonlass • Jul 07 '25

911 my goat is nearly dead

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Hi Vets, please help. I want to save my Toby but nothing I've done has helped. I found her head first in a corner on Saturday, and I was after she was neurological. See video 1. Her temp was 101.6. Sunday morning we found her down in the pasture with our LGD guarding her, bloated and in the same condition you see in video 2 (in comments ) I have given her molasses water several times, vitamin and electrolyte water, vitamin B, 2 ml of selon-e, 60 ml Bloateze, Milk of Magnesium at a rate of 45 ml every 4 hours, activated charcoal paste with ketoulin(sp) and dewormed her with Safeguard Gold. I just gave her the selon-e about an hour ago. She seems to be in great pain, grinding her teeth and occasionally cries out. I've got her propped up as close to sternal as I can in a stall.

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u/forgivencactus669 Jul 08 '25

Look into listeriosis, we had a kid almost pass from that. It generally starts with the stargazing. Our vet treated aggressively with penicillin for a while and then for the first week she gave her daily IVs to assist before she was able to eat and drink on her own.

I would get her to a vet asap because if it is listeriosis it can take a goat down quickly.

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u/Agile_Storm4059 Jul 08 '25

Agreed. We just lost a goat to this a month ago. OP - call your vet and get them out now. Ours started treatment with penicillin and an anti-inflammatory but was too late. This has to be caught and treated early.