Goats with bloat

[elevan]

You can go from no worms to a lot of worms in a matter of 4 days. So that deworming in May really has no bearing on what is happening today.
You can read more by going to the Parasite Management article that is linked in my signature below.

I agree with most of the group that she looks like a heavily pregnant goat who is starting to build an udder. But I would definitely get a fecal done to rule out parasite load.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

X2 on the fecal test.

 

[mdavenport0121]

I'll get her into the vet Friday and I'll let you guys know what I find out. Worms could be the problem, but the weather has not been favorable for worms with temperatures over 98 degrees (110 today) for the past two weeks and a half with no rain.

Here is a picture of her from April 25th, her does were almost two months old. The before picture was about an hour and a half earlier.

 

[SheepGirl]

My sheep are dry lotted and they eat timothy hay. When they escape from their pen, I normally find them like that (yes that big, too)--they're not bloated, they just have a full rumen from eating grass for however long they were out. However after an hour or two of being back in their pen, their bellies shrink considerably.

Your doe, however, LOOKS pregnant--but not two months bred. More like 4-5 months bred. At the vet, if you can, I would get an ultrasound done to see if she's bred.

 

[mdavenport0121]

Took the girl to the vet today. Took a fecal sample, said their was worm load, but not terribly bad. The Dr. said go ahead and give her some more dewormer. No fever. He said she just had a large rumen. The Dr. was not too concerned.

She has to be under 3 months pregnant. She was not with a buck until mid May. I got her when her kids were a month old on April 3rd. I had her and her kids in my back yard with no buck. No one around here has any goats, so they didn't jump any fences to get with her. We were in the process of moving and I did not move by buck here until mid-May. The only way she would be close if she was bred around 18 to 21 days after kidding just right before I got her.

 

[mdavenport121]

Two and a half months later, no babies. I do think she will kid in the next two weeks though.