Sick Goat!!

#1 · July 11, 2001, 9:13 pm

Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>

I got this from a friend, any body know for a tiny goat?

It's me again. I sent you the pictures of my precious baby goats.

I have a question if you can help me. The youngest one....about 6 weeks old has something wrong with him.

He may have just eaten too much. Me not knowing what I was doing...being so new at this,

I may have allowed him to have too much goat pellet food.

I am confused about what to let them eat. It seems they should just about only eat brush.

Anyway he seems bloated and probably has a stomach ache. He is lathargic and when he does stand up he stretches his back and back legs out real far.

I have been told that they will eat so much sometimes they will even kill themselves.

I was told to give him a little mild soap in a bottle or syringe. To hopefully move things along.

I just hope he lives through this.....he is so precious and responds so sweet to me....thinks I am his mommy since I have bottle fed him for a month. I really don't want to find him gone here in the next few hours.

Do you have any experience with this....Can you help>>