Is Diarrhea a sign of labor?

[WildwoodGoats]

Hello, I went out to the barn to visit my very pregnant doe has had some diarrhea. It's not pure liquid, but it's not the normal pellets either.

Is this a sign that she is close to labor, or did I maybe give her too many handfuls of sweet feed yesterday? I always give her a little treat of sweet feed when I visit her, because I am in her face all the time checking on her. I also took her on a long walk yesterday, so she got forage and plenty of hay yesterday too.

She has loose minerals available and the only change that I have made is that I started her on Tums the day before yesterday.

I read that I can give her some water with molasses and cider vinegar to help keep her electrolytes up.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[madcow]

How many diarrheal stools has she had since you noticed it? If is's only 1 or 2, I wouldn't be too worried about it, like with people, that few won't matter. Are you sure it's stool and not mucus? Colored mucus would be a sign of labor, but not sure about diarrhea.

 

[lilhill]

Diarrhea is not a sign of labor. If she just started with the diarrhea, it could be something she ate and her body is flushing it out. If she was here, I would give her some Probios to see if that would help settle her tummy and watch her for a day or so.

 

[jodief100]

Diarrhea is not a sign of labor. If she just started with the diarrhea, it could be something she ate and her body is flushing it out. If she was here, I would give her some Probios to see if that would help settle her tummy and watch her for a day or so.

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[WildwoodGoats]

Thank you for the responses. Her diarrhea seems to be gone now. I think I may have given her too many treats yesterday. Thanks for all the tips. No babies yet....

 

[Freedom.farm.homestead]

This is year 2 of a certain goat getting LOOSE stools just before kidding. Healthy otherwise. Loose stooges started 2 days ago and lost her Ligs today. So here's a heads up that it DOES happen

 

[Ridgetop]

My goats and sheep don't get diarrhea, but their normal pellets do get softer and clump more.