help please with very pregnant goat

[Southern by choice]

So true. I have never had a doe do that for long periods of time though... usually one carrying multiples and usually only about a week or so before kidding.

 

[babsbag]

Let's just says that goats are confusing. I have one that is back to walking on her knees. She did it before being bred, not too much while pregnant, and now back to it again. No CAE, has had minerals, had Bo-Se injection, has alfalfa, gets 16% grain. Feet are as good as they can be for being hers. She just prefers her knees.

ETA...and she does not have laminitis.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[OneFineAcre]

Definitely NOT disagreeing with any of the above answers - they all make sense. But - I have had does who were so full of babies that they could barely breathe when they laid down. When a really full doe lays down the babies can put a lot of pressure on the diaphragm and just make the poor doe miserable. When she mentioned that the doe "props up on her knees" that rang a bell in my head, lol. I've had does do that. They'll sometimes sit like a dog just to get that pressure off their lungs and to get some rest. Just a thought...

Yep
Seen that

 

[goatgurl]

I've had does do the prop up on their knees thing too. normally very pregnant girls with a belly full of babies.