Picture of Hermaphrodite woo-hoo.

[DonnaBelle]

Here is a picture of her vulva. I have squeezed it a bit so you can see the little bump just on the inside.

Has anyone ever seen such a thing before??

DonnaBelle

 

[rebelINny]

Not me!

 

[mogolady]

Is she polled? I've always heard that a hermaphrodite occured from breeding a polled doe and polled buck.

 

[DonnaBelle]

Nope, not polled.

I think it's just one of those things that happens in Nature sometimes, but I thought I would post a picture. I figured most of goat people would want to see it.

The breeder doesn't think she/he/it will breed. But it's going to be a great companion for my little buck/herd sire till he grows up some. Of course, he's going to be able to see the other goats and won't be off by himself somewhere anyway.

DonnaBelle

 

[chandasue]

Did the breeder try to breed, um, it? Doubtful, but won't that be a shock if she does end up breeding!?

 

[ksalvagno]

Actually, I have seen that before in alpacas. The two different females that I saw that with ended up just needing it cut open. It ended up being a normal vulva once the vet properly cut it. They also grew into it so it didn't look abnormally big either.

You would want to consult a vet before trying anything though. The vet did a thorough examination to determine if it was actually normal and just a cut was needed. Then the owners had to put some type of cream on the cut every day for a couple of weeks to make sure it didn't close back up again.

The two females that I saw happened in the same year but different farms and totally different bloodlines. Just a fluke thing that happened.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Is it possible that it could just be some form of cyst? I don't know how often non-threatening cysts occur in goats...

 

[DonnaBelle]

http://www.goatwisdom.com/ch8diseases/hermaphroditism.html

This is a link to a site that has a picture of a goat that has the exact same condition mine does!!

I find this very interesting. I'm going to have my vet take a look at Mamie (it's name) and see what he thinks.

DonnaBelle