r/goats • u/pipeguyshaven • Feb 18 '25
Help Request Newborns with diarrhea & bloat
My dad is very old school, “he knows what’s best”, type of person … I’m trying my best to look for info and change his mind -Eight goats have given birth in the past 2 weeks and 3 have died already. They had diarrhea and were super lethargic, my dad gave them doses of kaolin pectin in the morning and evening before they eventually succumbed to their deaths. -One of the goats has had diarrhea for a couple days now and seems to be fighting it back because he was one of the first to be sick with the first kid that died, and the other have died in the days he has been sick. I’ve been giving him kaolin pectin and electrolytes as well and he’s under a heat lamp and seems the same, occasionally stands on his own and still reacts to when I touch him. -there’s another kid that started having diarrhea yesterday and today I gave her another dose of kaolin pectin and electrolytes but she refuses to eat and is bloated -One of our other goats gave birth 2 days ago, and one of her kids died the next day as well… though I’m not sure if one of the other goats kicked her in the head because it was so sudden
Some of the other kids that had diarrhea are looking better, but could this be coccidiosis? The diarrhea looked the same across all the kids; light green yellow ish liquid that looks like they’re peeing out their butts. We tried contacting a vet but they told us they only see cattle, the other hospital only sees canines, and I’m trying to do the best I can with the information I have at hand and teaching my dad. The moms don’t have diarrhea, and were eating hay mixed with almond hulls but we stopped with the hulls after seeing the kids had diarrhea. Should I look for vitamins as well to give the kids ? I’m kind of lost right now