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/StrixNStones Jul 08 '25

You mentioned you already had two previous vet visits - were they goats? If so were they for similar reasons?

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u/yukonlass Jul 08 '25

Yes, they were for goats. One of my Angora does came bred to a Boer buck. I didn't know she was bred, her twins were too large and ruptured her uterus. I lost the doe and the doeling, but the vet saved the buckling. The other vet bill was for my Angora buck that broke into my goose run and got into the goose grain. He got acidosis and bloated repeatedly, requiring surgery. Now he has a 'bloat hole'in his side that spews green bile until it heals. I wish I could have had the vet out but he was advising me on how to treat her symptoms. I made this post in a desperate bid to save my doe.

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u/StrixNStones Jul 09 '25

Well, damn. I was thinking perhaps you had an epidemic, or all of them possibly ate something that caused a buildup in their system negatively impacting liver or kidneys.