Help with Nigerian Doe - Update

[doxiemoxie]

Doe code says she'll pop those babies out just as the vet pulls into the drive. The squatting can be getting the kids positioned. There can be a lot of "pre"labor (restlessness, pawing, stretching, squatting, kicking at her sides, etc.) a week or more before real labor kicks in. Hang in there.

 

[mangled]

Update on Oreo ...

Got the vet out to look at her and it's not pregnancy. He diagnosed her with mastitis and mild pneumonia. Gave her some antibiotic and anti-inflammatory injections and injected her udders with medication and hopefully she's on the mend. She was quite unhappy about the whole ordeal, poor girl. She got an extra ration of feed tonight.

He also mentioned the possibility of cystic ovaries. Her buck-like behavior and the fact that she was bred by our buck frequently over a period of a year or so and never conceived leads him to think this.

Any advice out there on cystic ovaries?


Thanks-
Em

 

[doxiemoxie]

Did he mention what treatment options there might be or what tests he would do to confirm his suspicions? You have to decide if she's worth keeping as a pet and then how much money you're willing to sink into treatment. Your vet should be able to outline the costs for you. Fortunately hormonal treatments are inexpensive and easily available, since many producers use them for getting herds to cycle on schedule. I hope Oreo is feeling juch better and behaving better too!