Now I'm getting frustrated...This time a pregnant doe. Help please??

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time. Hope she heals up quickly for you!

 

[chubbydog811]

Thanks guys...I cleaned her up quick before I left (wasn't much to clean), but didn't get a chance to put anything on it (it all froze, so all my vet stuff was in the house) It never bled, it was just the swelling that had me worried!
I checked her again tonight, and the swelling has gone down a lot. I think it looked bad because she just did it....I'll clean her again tomorrow and put some betadine on it and just keep an eye on her...
Her...area...was already starting to lengthen/soften before she did this (too tiered to think of the word I want!), so that made it look a little worse too I can assume.

Almost had a mental breakdown, so I'm glad it isn't as bad as it looked!
She is the farm favorite. She is one of those dumb/over friendly kind, and VERY large right now...I don't think she realized she couldn't jump that high anymore

Anyway, I'll post again tomorrow to update...Hopefully I'll get some pictures as well...Ran out of time before it got dark!

 

[feather and mountain man]

Hi new here but not new to goats. It sounds like she will be fine and has a great caregiver! I just wanted to say that I personally would not put any salve or sticky type ointment on it since it may get dirt, poo, and bacteria stuck to it. Don't want to introduce any germ to the birth canals before delivery.

Just from my experience

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Hi new here but not new to goats. It sounds like she will be fine and has a great caregiver! I just wanted to say that I personally would not put any salve or sticky type ointment on it since it may get dirt, poo, and bacteria stuck to it. Don't want to introduce any germ to the birth canals before delivery.

Just from my experience

this is why I was thinking along the lines of the Betadine/10% iodine and then the quick layer of liquid bandage... thinking l.b. would keep the effected area clean of any dirt and/or bacteria.

 

[freemotion]

Now I'm totally confused.....is the correct term "twee twee" or "hoo-hoo?"

Chubbydog, I totally understand the panic, especially after two bad experiences in a row. Ya tend to look around and wonder....what next? Glad she sounds better, and we want lots of baby pics of her successful kidding.

 

[Roll farms]

I've been callin' them 'twee twee's' for 10 yrs or so.
Never heard of a 'hoo hoo' til I joined here.

Mebbers it's a regional thing...?

A couple years ago Creampuff (HUGE older Nubian) decided to hop on the milk stand about a week before her due date....she missed, fell over sideways in slow motion (I swear it) and landed on her back, and then proceeded to sort of rock, back and forth, trying to get back over on her side (I assume) so that she could get up.

At the time, it scared me spitless...but looking back on it NOW, it was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Picture it in your head...hugely fat goat, lying on her back, slowly rocking side to side...

She ended up kidding triplets on time, btw.

 

[chubbydog811]

@Roll Farms...That is hilarious! That is actually exactly what she did! Scared the crud out of me! First thought was, NO, BABIES, DON'T SQUISH THEM!!! She didn't care much, just got back up, looked around, and wandered off doing her own thing again like nothing happened!


@freemotion...I have been almost panicking about everything this week! The doe that is up first to kid (due on the 10th...We're almost there!!) started getting clumpy poop...Though I think I will blame that on hormones, because it barely lasted a day. And my young buck got very clumpy poop too, and that was after I dewormed him...
I'm going crazy over little things now! This is bad!! Can never be too careful I guess, right? Luckily my baby goat didn't die, just stopped eating for a day and a half, then got over it. They make me crazy some times!

I'm heading back out in a little bit to get some pictures, but she looks absolutely, ridiculously HUGE right now!

 

[Goatherd]

I've been callin' them 'twee twee's' for 10 yrs or so.
Never heard of a 'hoo hoo' til I joined here.

At my place it's "winky tink."

 

[freemotion]

I've been callin' them 'twee twee's' for 10 yrs or so.
Never heard of a 'hoo hoo' til I joined here.

At my place it's "winky tink."

Love them all!

Why do goats twist our guts more than any other critter, it seems??

 

[feather and mountain man]

Now I'm totally confused.....is the correct term "twee twee" or "hoo-hoo?"

Chubbydog, I totally understand the panic, especially after two bad experiences in a row. Ya tend to look around and wonder....what next? Glad she sounds better, and we want lots of baby pics of her successful kidding.

Here we call it a coochie or twitchy