I've a gimmer which I think has acidosis. They were only on 1/3 lb of nuts per day plus silage, but I was feeding them in boxes and filling 2 ring feeders with silage from the bale by hand as they wernt eating the bales whole that well. What was happening a good few were leaving the nuts and going to the silage. Last week I was heading home and I noticed quite a bit of feed left in the troughs l, and only a few left eating and thought to myself that's not good.
Anyway couple of days later had them in for heptivac and noticed one doing rapid breathing. Next day she went to feed but quickly left and lay down. I took her home and it occurred to me it might be the feed. Symptoms were grinding teeth, staggering, shallow rapid breathing.
I've got her on antibiotics, and started on 2 tea spoons of bicarbonate of soda in water 3 times a day as of yesterday. I was giving gaviscon over the weekend. Can stand and walk a little and is eating a little grass but not really getting much better. Not had feed now since Thursday.
I'm not 100% sure it's acidosis but was hoping I'd see improvement by now, how long do they take to come right?
Anyway couple of days later had them in for heptivac and noticed one doing rapid breathing. Next day she went to feed but quickly left and lay down. I took her home and it occurred to me it might be the feed. Symptoms were grinding teeth, staggering, shallow rapid breathing.
I've got her on antibiotics, and started on 2 tea spoons of bicarbonate of soda in water 3 times a day as of yesterday. I was giving gaviscon over the weekend. Can stand and walk a little and is eating a little grass but not really getting much better. Not had feed now since Thursday.
I'm not 100% sure it's acidosis but was hoping I'd see improvement by now, how long do they take to come right?