Does our Alpine doeling have worms or . . ?

[Goatgirl47]

Lulu is a purebred Alpine doeling who is 5 months old (DOB February 10th) and lately I have noticed that her belly has been getting larger. Her twin sister looks normal to me, but her belly just looks too big, it's almost as if she were pregnant, but I doubt that. We sold our 10 month old Mini-Lamancha buck back in early May, and I never saw him interested in her in that kind of way. We did have two bucklings born in April, although when they were barely 2 months old we had them castrated because they were acting "bucky" and kept chasing the doelings around. We sold one of them but still have the other, now a wether. But again, I'm almost positive she isn't bred.

So do you think Lulu has worms or could she possibly be pregnant? Is this nothing to worry about?
Below are pictures of Lulu and Annie for comparison.

Lulu:

Annie (her sister):

Lulu:

Annie:

Lulu:

Annie:

And another one of Lulu:

 

[Goat Whisperer]

They both look a little thin/small for their age. I don't have alpines, so maybe @babsbag would be a better judge at that

I would definitely get a fecal. You may want to have it run on all your kids. I know some of the goats you sold got sick with cocci, so you need to be looking at all your kids.

She looks a bit potbellied.

 

[Epona142]

Round bellies are not always a bad thing in goats - healthy rumen, healthy goat, but the coarseness of their hair (hair tells you a lot about health sometimes!) coupled with the thin toplines and slight pot bellies would indeed have me running a fecal and doing a copper bolus. Good luck!

 

[Southern by choice]

Fecal first.

 

[babsbag]

I don't think that they are particularly small but it is obvious the LuLu is bigger than Annie. I doubt that she is bred do to the fact that Alpines are seasonal breeders and she shouldn't start coming into hear until Aug. or later. That being said, I would do as suggested and get a fecal done.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Alright thanks! I will try to get a fecal done ASAP.

 

[Latestarter]

And? What did you find out? Are they OK?

 

[samssimonsays]

The rougher looking coat on LuLu makes me think worms but def do a fecal. When My girl had them she developed a course coat before anything. And when my littlest alpine had worms she had the "potty" bellie similar to that.

 

[Goatgirl47]

@Latestarter, sadly we have not been able to run a fecal just yet. Once we collect her poop - tomorrow morning - I will run a fecal.

Also, if she does have worms (which I'm sure she will) what should I use to worm her? I only have SafeGuard and Molly's Herbals at the moment.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

It depends on what shows up on the fecal. At her age, I'd be thinking cocci before parasites. You never really do know until the fecal is run.

If it is cocci, neither of the above treat it.

Are you running the fecal yourself?