I went to visit a abbey, and they have 40 or more goats, the goats seem to be well taken care of. There have been 3 mother goats that have passed after giving birth, the kids are doing fine and other mothers have been feeding them and we are bottle feeding them also. They told me there bellies were swelling up and white foam was coming out of there mouths. If you all have any advice we would like to take care of this heard.
2007-11-24 13:43:39 · 6 answers · asked by ejobhunting 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Swelling up and foaming at the mouth in goats means "frothy bloat". Frothy bloat is different from "bloat" because instead of a simple build up of gas, the gas is mixed well with the rumen contents, causing the froth to form. Some treatments for regular bloat will not work with frothy bloat. An adult standard sized doe will need 6 to 7 ounces of vegetable oil, and most likely the only way of getting it into her will be with a stomach tube. If the doe is capable of swallowing on her own, you may be able to use a large drenching gun. Frothy bloat takes a goat down FAST and will need to be treated very quickly to save the doe.
Frothy bloat can be caused by many things, including a change in feed or the amount of feed (are they feeding a lot more grain right after the birth, without building up to the higher amount slowly?, are they feeding something different after birth?, etc.)
If it's not their food, the fact that it's occuring shortly after giving birth points to "milk fever" as the cause of the bloat. Milk fever is not a fever at all, it's actually low blood calcium. Prevention includes proper exercise and nutrition before & after birth, a good loose mineral with a 2:1 calcium:phosphorus ration available at all times. Alfalfa, tums (the kind humans take), and other human calcium supplements such as calcium citrate can also be helpful. In severe cases a vet can administer calcium borogluconate intravenously. Symptoms of milk fever can be hard to spot, but in addition to bloat there are usually other symptoms that might include weakness, poor appetite, trembling/shivering any time but particularly after milking, and not chewing cud/urinating/defacating.
2007-11-25 02:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were the kids early or anything? Some of our ewes have done that after they had lambs come early.
It kinda sounds like white muscle disease, it killed alot of our flock. If it is that you really need to get a vet out to check all your goats.
Could they have got into anything like rat poison? The foaming could be a sign of that.
Are they getting any alfalfa or grass hay? If not I'd start feeding them some, it helps keep their digestive system strong, it kinda sounds like that could contribute to what's happened to the 3 nannies.
They could be bloating to, our lambs do that. Did they notice the goats pawing the ground or acting like they had a stomach ache? If they did and they see more doing it they should keep them up and walk them around. Give them 12cc. of vegetable oil just put it in a dropped or syringe and put it in their mouth, they'll swallow it by themselves. Bloating just means that they have a build up of gas. The alfalfa will also help keep them from bloating.
I really hope you find out whats wrong with them! These were all the things I could possibly think of.
2007-11-24 13:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by Small♥Town♥Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im so sorry approximately your loss, nevertheless it feels like she was once inflamed or possibly the after start was once caught within and she or he was once competent to abort the babys and now not the after in time to outlive. I have two pygme goats and my feminine gave start close to the special identical approach. She went into exertions and quickly after she gave start to dual children they usually had been each nonetheless born, however i spotted she was once nonetheless pushing and stored and eye on her all day and five hours later she gave start to a boy who was once very healthful. It feels like a misfortune that yours died nevertheless it sounds such as you did the whole thing you would and we cant controll what is supposed to occur. Its okay to be unhappy and suppose unhealthy. Everything occurs for a rationale. Again im sorry..
2016-09-05 13:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vet should be on call, one who specializes in farm livestock. There is always a potential for the mother not to survive the birth of their babies, but it should be only a rare occurance, not 3 out of 40.
2007-11-24 15:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did the vet say?
Sounds like Bloat. When the stomach and intestine turns on itself and causes blood clots. The intestine dies and kills the animal.
This happens FAST! You have just a little while to diagnose and cure them before they die.
It could be some other infection.
Have a vet out to see them.
2007-11-24 13:50:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
foaming at the mouth sounds like rabies. you should get them checked.
2007-11-24 13:53:17 · answer #6 · answered by alex20781 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋