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Overrun with beasties
I know some of you saw my post about our doe who is still at the breeder's place but had twin bucklings on the 26th. Well I went out there early this afternoon to see the new babies. I could tell when I saw her that she wasn't feeling well. She has always been pretty fiesty before and not as social as the other goats. In fact, she had only let me touch her twice before today. When I got there, she stood and let me pet her, let my boys pet her, just seemed a little depressed. The breeder said she had had a rough kidding as one of her boys was pretty big.
I was watching her and saw that she appeared to be contracting and pushing. I mentioned it to the breeder but she said she wasn't concerned, that sometimes they continue to have contractions for a couple days. Well that agrees with my own experiences with giving birth so I felt ok about it. One of her other does kidded with twins while I was there and I helped dry off the babies and all that. Very cool!
As I was about to leave (I was planning to come get the doe and kids when they were about a week old), I just wanted to check in on my doe one last time as I thought I had seen something the last time she had looked like she pushed. Sure enough, I sat there for a minute and watched her. She was definitely pushing and I definitely saw something. I called the breeder over and she checked her. Sure enough, she had another kid in there!
We have now been trying to get that kid out for hours and it just isn't budging. We have only managed to get some of the front legs out. She just isn't dialated anymore and the water came away long ago. The kid is, of course, dead and bloated so it just won't move. We are waiting now to hear if the vet can help.
Anyone had something like this happen before? If we get the kid out and the doe makes it, can I expect her to be able to be bred again? This is just rotten and I don't know what to do.
I was watching her and saw that she appeared to be contracting and pushing. I mentioned it to the breeder but she said she wasn't concerned, that sometimes they continue to have contractions for a couple days. Well that agrees with my own experiences with giving birth so I felt ok about it. One of her other does kidded with twins while I was there and I helped dry off the babies and all that. Very cool!
As I was about to leave (I was planning to come get the doe and kids when they were about a week old), I just wanted to check in on my doe one last time as I thought I had seen something the last time she had looked like she pushed. Sure enough, I sat there for a minute and watched her. She was definitely pushing and I definitely saw something. I called the breeder over and she checked her. Sure enough, she had another kid in there!
We have now been trying to get that kid out for hours and it just isn't budging. We have only managed to get some of the front legs out. She just isn't dialated anymore and the water came away long ago. The kid is, of course, dead and bloated so it just won't move. We are waiting now to hear if the vet can help.
Anyone had something like this happen before? If we get the kid out and the doe makes it, can I expect her to be able to be bred again? This is just rotten and I don't know what to do.
. The vet got the kid out and apparently it was huge. The really bad news is that the kid's head was through a hole in her uterus. She will be euthanized. The exact news I didn't want to hear.
