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04-17-2017, 02:09 PM
I had a 12 week Ober who got an aspiration pneumonia. Being a new goat owner by the time I got him to the vet his respiration were extremely fast with a high fever. They said they had to "revive" him after the chest xray. The xray had both lungs completely full with a very small sliver where air was being exchange.
He could never drink right from a bottle. He was always choking and coughing. I was sure he was going to die as he could barely move. We did 2 different injectable antibiotics, another medication to take the water off his lung and make him pee. At the point I thought he was not going to make it I crushed about 6 aspirins and syringe fed them. I did not know about bantamine back then and apparently neither did the vet. It was the 4th of July and I brought him to the emergency pet vet. Not exactly goat specialists. My mobile vet did eventually called me back and confirmed the antibiotics we had were good. I continued to slowly syringe feed him the goat electrolytes.
About an hour after the medications he lifted his head and soon he was eating and drinking. That was nine years ago. Cruz is a 225 38 inch tall Oberpacker who love to be on trail. We were never sure how his lungs would be but he hike as well at 10,000 foot elevation as any of us do. Don't give up hope until he does. They are amazing animals and often will surprise us.
He could never drink right from a bottle. He was always choking and coughing. I was sure he was going to die as he could barely move. We did 2 different injectable antibiotics, another medication to take the water off his lung and make him pee. At the point I thought he was not going to make it I crushed about 6 aspirins and syringe fed them. I did not know about bantamine back then and apparently neither did the vet. It was the 4th of July and I brought him to the emergency pet vet. Not exactly goat specialists. My mobile vet did eventually called me back and confirmed the antibiotics we had were good. I continued to slowly syringe feed him the goat electrolytes.
About an hour after the medications he lifted his head and soon he was eating and drinking. That was nine years ago. Cruz is a 225 38 inch tall Oberpacker who love to be on trail. We were never sure how his lungs would be but he hike as well at 10,000 foot elevation as any of us do. Don't give up hope until he does. They are amazing animals and often will surprise us.