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Consult Expert for Rehydration Strategy

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WE STILL MIGHT LOSE HIM.....PRAYERS NEEDED ON THE FARM ❤

What happens here

The farmer contacts Daniel from Arm's Family Homestead for expert advice. Daniel confirms that baby goats, especially when small (this one is 2-3 weeks old), can quickly become hypothermic due to their low body weight. He recommends keeping the goat warm with electric blankets or heated towels. For rehydration, Daniel suggests a goat electrolyte powder called Manna Pro, mixed with water. He also mentions that if one knows how to tube-feed a goat, that would be the best method, but using a syringe is also an option, giving small amounts at a time. The farmer explains he made sugar water from powdered sugar and warm water as an immediate measure.

Goal: Obtain professional advice on rehydration and care for hypothermic baby goats

Tools and materials

  • Phone — Calling an expert for advice
  • Manna Pro Goat Electrolytes — A specialized electrolyte supplement for rehydrating goats
  • Powdered Sugar — To make sugar water for immediate energy and rehydration

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you go buddy hello hey Daniel I was wondering I got a goat here that my wife found this morning we went up to check and feed the goats this morning and he was hung up in our little electric fence the electric fence it wasn't running hang on one second I'm giving him a little drop of sugar water he's swallowing now there he goes there he goes a little buddy so he's starting to come around a little bit oh my goodness he's starting to yeah yeah he's coming on around the sugar waters doing the trick but I wondered if you knew any way to to quickly rehydrate a goat you know if you'd had this problem before if you never had a little baby goat get dehydrated like this and what you would do you have a lot more goat experience than I do I don't know if it was all night or just this morning but he did have some mud on him it wasn't any dry mud on him so to me that says he probably was yeah well it was in this in the 50s luckily it wasn't that cold yeah he's about two maybe three weeks old he was our second born the other way yeah well baby goat or tender little animals for for a few months when they're little cuz there's just very little body weight and they get that internal temperature down pretty low and they can go downhill pretty quick they're just not like a like a cow i mean i've talked to farmers around here who's that he's making calves born in the snow and be frozen to the ground then they get him warmed up to okay a little goat so small I get the internal tutor down but anyways if you can get him warmed up you know with your electric blanket or heating pad or one towels or something would really help yeah as far as dehydration I use a couple things not maybe not just specifically for dehydration but the one thing that might help I use and I've talked about it on one of my videos a while back is a man it's the brand I use is called manipro it's goat electrolytes it's just a powder that you mix in with their water and then you could use if you if you if you know how to - but goat that would probably be the best way put a tube gun in their stomach but you could also do it with a syringe and just kind of give them a little bit at a time what's that what's that electrolyte powder called again the brand is a man of pro but it's just on the packages it just says goat electrolytes okay it's an electrolyte supplement for goats says it supports hydration and optimal fluid balance it's for showers and stuff when they have diarrhea yeah but if it's dehydrated I mean…

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