We read up and thought pinkeye and got some tetracycline and put it in her eye. We got two little does this weekend. Joined Apr 13, 2012 Messages 1,134 Reaction score 91 Points 133 Location Alberta, Canada. When you reach this point, your babies goats should be pros at nursing and your doe is a stellar mama. Goats often make a coughing or “hacking” noise when they are getting their cud. There maybe a little redness around the eye but no clouding or obvious injury. Dec 31, 2012 #2 Four Winds Ranch Loving the herd life. A baby goat who has malformed rigid neck and moves by circling around indicates tetanus infection or goat polio. This morning I noticed they both had a white milky discharge in their eyes. Is this pinkeye? In the same manner, a cough can also be completely normal. This "weeping" of the eye is the primary method of transferring Pinkeye from one goat to another, so clean the goat's face below the eye with generic mouthwash. Have done that for a couple of days now but it does not seem to be getting any better. They were sucking her dry, I pulled one baby and made her a bottle baby and found her a new home. I have cleaned the eye out with saline nothing else at this point. This is sudden onset was not that way this morning or yesterday. It does appear to bother her and the leakage is quite a lot. She is in the barn by herself away from all my other goats. What do you guys do for that? It seems to have a clearish discharge. We have a goat with a swollen eye. Eye Conditions. She had triplets with her. Injectable oxytetracycline 200 mg/ml (LA200 or equivalent) should be used sub-cutaneously (SQ) in addition to topical eye ointments. Could it be an eye infection? Though most common in the summer and in young animals, it may occur at any time of the year and in sheep and goats … 96 hours after birth: Congratulations! Tetanus infection may kill the baby goat within hours while goat … Blepharitis occur with entropion, that is a hereditary defect, it can be cured by survey. Babies have small tear ducts, which means they block easily with discharge or tears. I cleaned the eyes with a damp paper towel but don't know if I should be doing anything else. Dispose of mouthwash once used. Discharge from the eyes, reduced appetite, hunched body posturing and reduced activity levels are also telltale signs of an illness that shouldn’t be ignored. One of #10's baby goats has goopy eyes, and they are almost closed. Pink eye is an infectious and contagious bacterial disease of sheep, goats, and other animals. In newborns, this condition is usually a result of blocked tear ducts. Any idea what that might be from? Whether your goat is a baby factory like my Phoebe or not, the most common goat birth complication is the risk of suffocation. Now I just have momma and two babies. Baby goats with runny eyes greenspun.com : LUSENET : Dairygoats : One Thread All three of my Nubian kids, ages 2 - 12 weeks of age, each have one eye that is runny most of the time. BABY GOATS: Feel the baby goats ‘buds’ and take note of their size so you can disbud them within a week if you choose. Keep in mind that all goats are slightly different. The goat is new to me only 2 weeks now. Babies have goopy eyes, often right from birth. My baby has goop in her eyes. Now there are two others showing the same signs of slight swelling in one eye and slight clearish discharge. I go out to feed this morning and momma has a crusty eye and a little bit of a runny nose as well as one baby. I am new to goats and need some advice. 1 - Blepharitis: In this case inflammation of the eye lids have seen , with continual ocular discharge, eye should be washed with sodium sulphacetamid 2% solution, twice a day. This is why one of the most important, life-saving ways we goat keepers can help our does during labor, is to be ready to clean airways as babies come out. Cute as can be.