Floppy Kid Syndrome | What it is and How to Treat It

Floppy kid syndrome is a killer with a funny name, baby goats can go from funny little bouncing fur balls to dead in a very short time - and this is just one way it can happen.
I leave most of my goat stuff to my wife, but I almost learned the hard way how fragile bottle goats are.
We received some 4 day old bucklings from a Facebook group we are members of, and we jumped in full tilt. We spend several hundred dollars in housing and fencing, bottles, and milk replacer and starting making plans for a full scale goat army in the back yard.
My wife and I decided that our babies looked thin and decided to fatten them up (seasoned goat farmers are probably sighing and shaking their collective heads at our ignorance) we figured if 2 or 3 daily feedings of 10 ounces was good then 5 feedings of 16-20 would get our new friends fat and sassy in no time.
a few days in my wife noticed one was acting "floppy" - it looked drunk, was unsteady on it's feet, and had droopy eyelids. - Knowing that baby goats can go from healthy to dead in a day she got worried (cried a little) and yelled at me a lot.
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[@reklawj9]

good information,explained in a manner any one can understand thank you so much

[@anusharas4123]

Good morning, from India, we have a 5 days old cub, it cannot stand on it's own, so we are bottle feeding its lamb's milk. It doesn't drink much, but shows symptoms of floppy kid and it's stool is hard. Any advice sir?

[@krissylsmith]

What if it's not FGS? Will it kill my goat giving it the baking soda mixture? Help please

[@himzakhan]

I also need this answer

[@mariannartey6882]

Is there something I can use in place of baking soda

[@ttgallardo1997]

How much baking soda fo you put in?

[@aimeelouisa9969]

If you see this comment in the next few hours (highly unlikely) I’d appreciate it if you could contact me to talk about FKS, this is the only information I’ve been able to find..

[@sarinhighwind]

I just use regular syringes. lot cheaper.