Hello!
I have a beautiful litter of 8 kits from my best doe, 3 weeks old. All growing fluffy and wonderful, until yesterday we noticed that one looked lethargic and was thin.
We tried getting her under mum, but she has zero appetite.
We feared heat stroke (it was 39°c/102°f outside, but around 29°c/85°f where we were shelving them) and cooled her down with no change. She could walk yesterday but can't today.
After searching any posts here that talk about it I assume it's either e.cuni or cocci, and I will be giving all of the adults some spring onions or garlic, but I have no idea what I can do to prevent it on the other 7 healthy kits, especially not knowing which one it is.
Symptoms:
-No appetite
-Lethargic
-Thin, no bloating.
-Perfectly clean butt, no stuck poop
-Neck and head position is normal
-...Except she often curls up to rest, head pointing to her belly, but upright.
-Stiff back legs and poking front legs to the front, cannot walk. When attempting to walk, her face is on the floor and her back legs are up. Yesterday she was only slightly dragging her back feet.
-Eyes look perfectly normal, no cataracts or white spots.
She's being kept separate from the others now. We know we have cocci going around on the house, but I am not sure if toltrazuril is safe for the nursing does' kits. How could I treat the kits for this and/or e.cuni?
I have a beautiful litter of 8 kits from my best doe, 3 weeks old. All growing fluffy and wonderful, until yesterday we noticed that one looked lethargic and was thin.
We tried getting her under mum, but she has zero appetite.
We feared heat stroke (it was 39°c/102°f outside, but around 29°c/85°f where we were shelving them) and cooled her down with no change. She could walk yesterday but can't today.
After searching any posts here that talk about it I assume it's either e.cuni or cocci, and I will be giving all of the adults some spring onions or garlic, but I have no idea what I can do to prevent it on the other 7 healthy kits, especially not knowing which one it is.
Symptoms:
-No appetite
-Lethargic
-Thin, no bloating.
-Perfectly clean butt, no stuck poop
-Neck and head position is normal
-...Except she often curls up to rest, head pointing to her belly, but upright.
-Stiff back legs and poking front legs to the front, cannot walk. When attempting to walk, her face is on the floor and her back legs are up. Yesterday she was only slightly dragging her back feet.
-Eyes look perfectly normal, no cataracts or white spots.
She's being kept separate from the others now. We know we have cocci going around on the house, but I am not sure if toltrazuril is safe for the nursing does' kits. How could I treat the kits for this and/or e.cuni?