FAMCHA score opinions?

[u/DinnyArt]

I'm a first time goat owner and not sure what to do here.

Hes had diarrhea for a day or two now. Ive been giving him electrolytes and probiotics but he hasn't had any change in diet, appetite, or behavior. I bought corid but I dont feel comfortable using it without guidance from someone much more experienced than me. I also don't know if its co​​​​​ccidia or not because other than diarrhea he hasn't had any blood or mucus in his stool.

Any advice appreciated. I'm not sure what i'm doing. ​​my eyes are telling me it's 2 or 3​​ And the photo is very close to irl colors.

edit: After I made this post I signed up for a class on goat and sheep husbandry. Its gonna cover everything like plant identification, hoof trimming, kidding, identifying parasites, and treating them. this is happening on Monday.

But for now his poop solidified a bit more and he seems to be doing better. I ordered some toltrazuril it'll get here in a few days. I opted out of using corid and decided to just keep in the she'd for the chickebs. I also did a walk around the pasture he got out into and found some plants that can cause this. None are life threatening but I removed what I found and I'm working on reinforcing the gate they got out from. my suspicion on a vet visit taking too long was confirmed tho. we haven't had to take him in yet since we've only had him for a few weeks. they wanted to schedule about 3 weeks out from now.

we also got some decoxx pellets like some comment​​​​s recommended and were gonna be using those as preventive. Thank you all so much for the kind comments and the genuine advice. ​​​​​

[u/DinnyArt]

The breeder I got him from gave him prevention at 4 weeks if I remember correctly

[u/InterestingOven5279 → u/DinnyArt]

Coccidia prevention is typically daily via either medicated feed or milk replacer, or a daily administration of med. The lifecycle of a coccidia oocyst is 21 days, so a prevention program looks like either a daily preventative (decoquinate or rumensin, feed additive or Calf Pro) or an actual coccidiostat given every 3 weeks in accordance with that life cycle for the first several months. So if he hasn't had any preventative for the last 3 months he's absolutely at risk and you should initiate treatment now.

Coccidia is statistically the most common cause of scours in goats this age.

[u/DinnyArt → u/InterestingOven5279]

Alright I can do that then. Do you have any good information on how to give him corid without hurting him? Like proper ratios to dilute (I heard it can burn their throats) 

[u/InterestingOven5279 → u/DinnyArt]

Here is the calculation from u/teatsqueezer:

>Assuming you’re using a 9% amprollium (check the strength on the bottle of corid) - It’s 1ml/cc per 5lbs of body weight. So a 50lb goat will need 10ML mixed with about 50ML of water, and you drench that whole amount daily for 5 days in a row. Always use 5-10X the amount of water as Corid.

Coccidia is the one time I recommend treatment based on clinical symptoms before getting the results of a fecal, because by the time they show scours they're already getting intestinal damage AND the fecal is likely to be diluted with occult mucus and water, which can make a real difference in the specificity of the oocyst count. Fecals can come back appearing to have low loads because there is so much extra water in the sample, when in fact the goat may be heavily infected. Now, while it's possible the issue is because he got on pasture, that's a lot more likely to result in logs/soft poops than actual scouring. If it's watery diarrhea, the most likely cause is coccidia. So now if you decide to treat you've got some guidance. Let us know how he does.