Kid Goat Has Scours

However there is a possibility of the scours development in the adult goats too and the reasons behind that are.

Kid goat has scours. They can vary in color and consistency from pasty white to watery brown. This website has more information on coccidiosis. Let the kid nurse from her mother like she normally does there is no need to intervene with her feeding.

If proper treatment is not provided in time your goats can die. Scours in goats can lead to dehydration depression loss of appetite weakness and even death when left untreated. Albon and corid are the two most used coccidiosis treatments.

They can vary in color and consistency from pasty white to watery brown. There are several causes of scours in goats. Make she has access to fresh water and whip up some electroytes at least once a day to help even more.

So i got a three week old goat kid yesterday that has runny poop the friend who gave her to me has been trying to clear up the scours with no success but i thought it was a case of over feeding so i brought katie the goat home and cut back her milk and have her spectogaurd then left her run out in the meadow with the other goats which she loved she had been in the garage by herself for. This morning he still had scours so i gave him 10 cc of jumpstart probiotics. He started to get scours yesterday but he had quite a bit of alfalfa that day so i gave him 5 cc goats prefer probiotics.

There is no need whatsoever to milk the mom and force feed the kid. The first step towards treatment is to identify the reason behind the scouring. Scours is a common name for goat diarrhea.

If your goat is suffering from this it is likely to be a sign of other health issues. My goat is in kid 3 weeks are just over hade her down at a friend s she has come back not well lost weight not eating looks like she has a cold and she hade the scours today she not fit to move went to a vet yesterday gave me antibiotics but not helping her plz help me. The information i gave here is going to be the most helpful.