Post by mommaof10 on Jan 9, 2011 10:59:10 GMT -5
Our Jersey, Phebie, was fine last night when we milked. This morning she is bloated hard. We can't find anything that she got into and have no idea what the cause of this bloat is. She is 1 month fresh. We're bottle feeding her heifer and a bull calf we traded a goat for with her milk.
She is up and we're walking her. But I need a refresher course in bloat treatments in case I'm forgetting something.
I've tried searching Family Cow, but I am never able to get the search function to work. I know the topic that I'm searching for is in the forum somewhere, but it doesn't turn up when I search.
We're currently turkey basting 4 T of baking soda, 1/4 C bentonite and 1 qt oil down her and walking her. And in the dairy goat world they say to give C&D Antitoxin. I have pepto bismol on hand too.
I'm not sure what the importance of order is for these or if there is anything else we should be giving her. And I'm not sure of the amounts of each of the above items is correct or not either.
Is it ok to mix the baking soda, bentonite and oil together into one treatment? How often do we do this? I have two 50ml bottles of C&D antitoxin on hand. I also have an out of date opened 250 ml C&D antitoxin that I'm hesitant to use because its out of date, but if it comes down to it, I'll use it.
I know in people, peppermint oil is also used in "bloat." Anyone ever used peppermint oil?
Thanks for any information you can send our way.
Laralee
PlymouthRockRanch.com
Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future Generations
She is up and we're walking her. But I need a refresher course in bloat treatments in case I'm forgetting something.
I've tried searching Family Cow, but I am never able to get the search function to work. I know the topic that I'm searching for is in the forum somewhere, but it doesn't turn up when I search.
We're currently turkey basting 4 T of baking soda, 1/4 C bentonite and 1 qt oil down her and walking her. And in the dairy goat world they say to give C&D Antitoxin. I have pepto bismol on hand too.
I'm not sure what the importance of order is for these or if there is anything else we should be giving her. And I'm not sure of the amounts of each of the above items is correct or not either.
Is it ok to mix the baking soda, bentonite and oil together into one treatment? How often do we do this? I have two 50ml bottles of C&D antitoxin on hand. I also have an out of date opened 250 ml C&D antitoxin that I'm hesitant to use because its out of date, but if it comes down to it, I'll use it.
I know in people, peppermint oil is also used in "bloat." Anyone ever used peppermint oil?
Thanks for any information you can send our way.
Laralee
PlymouthRockRanch.com
Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future Generations