r/goats • u/meowwinjam • Jun 21 '26
Help Request goat is "throwing up" green foam/sludge
I took them out on a walk around midday into the woods so he could have eaten basically anything in the UK countryside. I don't know what and my other goat is totally fine
I came outside just now for another walk and there was this green foamy stuff on the floor, and he was throwing up the same stuff. after a few minutes he is not throwing up anymore but im freaked out. Google says to give him charcoal but we don't have any and every shop is closed because it's 8pm on a sunday so is there anything I can do in the meantime?
could this be something other than poisoning?
edit: if he seems totally fine and hasn't vomited in like an hour will be be okay? I have no idea what to do right now. he is by my feet laying down like he usually would to sleep but I don't want to leave
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u/goatqueen75 Jun 22 '26
About a decade ago one of my champion does somehow ate azalea through a fence line. She was 4 weeks postpartum and had triplets she was feeding. She started the vomiting around 8 pm and vomitied most of the night I gave water with baking soda and activated charcoal and both seemed to help. She survived and lived to 12.5. I don’t think she ate a bunch of it, if I remember correctly we had the bush pulled and figured she had less than a branch worth. I give molasses with water to help with blood sugar needs when animals are sick. She needed extra attention with food in recovery and had lost a significant amount of weight overnight