I think my Alpine may be in labor

[Livinwright Farm]

I agree, that doesn't look like preperation to kidding goo. Also, she doesn't look bred to me. Usually bred does will not have those wrinkles around their vulva...

You don't by chance have sheep running with your goats, do you? if so, it could be that she was mounted by a ram and recently aborted the hybrid fetus... pretty common in mixed sheep/goat herds. If not, then I would definitely get her into the vet as soon as possible... cause she could have developed some kind of uterine infection.
Check her temperature in the mean time, if it is over 103.5 give her some asprin: one 325mg asprin per 10 lbs of goat. (sounds like a lot, but they metabolize much differently than we do and it is required that it be at that dosage).
If her temp is under 102.5, wrap her in blankets, give her WARM water or juice, and get her into the vet immediately. Cold goats are harder to get back to normal than goats with a bit of a temperature. Their rumens need heat in order to work properly.

 

[elevan]

Normal goat temperature is 101-103*

102.5 would be well within the normal range.

 

[redtailgal]

Livinwright........I've been around cattle for a hundred years now (been a long day, lol) but I am new to goats. I saw that you suggested warm water or juice.....I've never heard of giving juice to livestock before and am curious.

Why juice? (I assume that you mean fruit juice)

I'm not disagreeing with you, I am only curious.

 

[20kidsonhill]

that doesn't look to me like kidding either. and her vulva isn't swollen or puffy enough to even look all that pregnant.

anyone see that much discharge from a doe in heat? I can't really say I have seen quit that much.

 

[Roll farms]

anyone see that much discharge from a doe in heat? I can't really say I have seen quit that much.

Nope.

I don't know what's going on.....Only thing that looks like to me is 'not right'....

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I agree, not heat and not labor.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I didn't want to say this, but I am leaning towards an abortion.

 

[jodief100]

I didn't want to say this, but I am leaning towards an abortion.

x2 My first thought.

 

[breezy B ranch]

Well It's early here so I will be on the phone soon to the vet. She is still the same only mad now because she is in a pen next to the rest of her herd and not in with them lol! Someone mentioned abortion however she has not been with a buck since July and I have looked everywhere and found no sign of anything. We did have a wether that I was unsure about. Our one wether has no scrotum or anything but Bob the other one did still have a small flat sack, could he have still had a small part that was intact and bread with her? They have always been together up until he went to his new home Sunday.

 

[20kidsonhill]

did you do the banding or castrating yourselves n Bob? or did you purchase him that way?

They would have to have atleast one intact testical, or have had a testical that never came down into the sack, so when they were castrated a testical was missed. Or when banded one testical pushed up into the body and was missed.

I agree if you have had her since July and she was pregnant that entire time, it seems like there should be a fetus somewhere. Or possibly she hasn't passed it yet, I don't want to get to gross on you, but it is possible due to what ever reason the fetus never formed probably, so she wouldn't look as pregnant as she should. Some of the abortion diseases can cause the fetus not to mature properly.

REalize we are pretty much speculating and just giving you our advice from our experience. But I had a doe abort from health problems last month and she was around 6 weeks pregnant and it looked just like your doe dose right now.