Rescued starving doe-Raising sheep on goat milk

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Oh how I hate to disagree with the

vet. I am really scared of those high protein pellets. Okay but do

not just give her two pounds right now all of a sudden.. s I would really worry

that she would get the runs, dehydrate, , bloat, get enterotoxemia because it

is a sucker’s bet that she has not been vaccinated. You do not give

someone who has been starving a T-Bone steak and ice cream.. Ease her back. Go

slow. You know with your sheep you cannot change the diet abruptly

without getting into problems…and they are healthy.

Panacur is another brand name for

Fenbenzadol.

Signs of CL would be abscesses or scars

of abscesses and CAE would be swollen knees. But animals can be

infected and be asymptomatic. Or at least Asymptomatic for quite a

while. Is she interested in eating? Does she drink, pee and poop ?

Is her poop pellets like your sheep. My experience is that if a goat is

eating with interest, drinking, peeing and pooping normally AND you do not kill

them with kindness by overloading their system .. they do not die.

Yes the white eyelids say anemia. You

cannot build blood overnight either.

Use the wormer first.. Wait a little and

then hit her with the coccidia stuff . Go easy.. do not overload her system.

And Worming every ten days for a few times is really good. Because

you kill off mature worms but not the eggs. Then the eggs hats but in 10

days the worms are not old enough to lay new eggs so you worm and kill

them. A couple of goes like that and you have the parasite population

down to something manageable for her.

Is the coccidian stuff Albon

(Sulfadimethoxine)? If so give some b vitamins Thiamine at the same

time. There is a interaction their and a healthy strong goat could take

it.. but your girl is a bit fragile.

Where are you located? Is the

area selenium deficient? If so did he give her some selenium?

I particularly want to know about her

attitude toward food, and her poop.

Naomi

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From: RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf Of Vickie

Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010

12:38 PM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Re: Raising

sheep on goat milk

Noami,

This is not her first time to kid. The vet said he

thought her to be 4 years old. Her bag is not tight at all, BUT the vet

said her babies are alive and large!!! Her blood tests looked good,

as far as any infectious diseases, nothing showed up. She is loaded with

worms and a few coccidia. He thinks she is just starved to death. Her

gums and inner eye are just white!

She is very weak, does not want to stand. Her backbone

you can feel clear to her ribs. (Just makes me sick to see one like that!)

He is holding the blood for a few days to see if she

even lives then will send in for CAE & CL, but he said he found nothing to

indicate she had it (???)

He gave her several shots, minerals, etc. to get her energy

up, I am sure there were no

minerals (or salt) prior to her coming here, she is getting them now. I

went ahead and bought a better quality hay for her, Lespedeza, ours is just

fescue and prairie with some clover. He said to give her two pounds of

feed a dayof the high protein pellets with NO grains, and a handful of the

chopped alfalfa, and free choice hay, I do have a hay basket for

her. I will give her the feed in small amounts several times a day.

I don't want to over load her with a parasite ridden gut.

He gave me Panacuer to worm her 5 days in a row and the same

with some coccidia med. She has no fever.

Do you know if putting a little molasses in her water

would be ok?