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     Brenda O'Dell New member Username: brendaodell Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 66.90.174.199 Rating: N/A |
My doe kidded this afternoon. I had to assist with the delivery. The kid's legs were twisted and she came out head first. It was difficult on the doe. She passed the afterbirth about 1 hour later and now has a bloody discharge. She was letting her kid nurse but wasn't too interested in her. What should I do with my doe? Her kid was nursing but still wet from the birth. I returned to the barn 3 hours later to check on them and found the kid to be wet, cold, and sounding like she had fluid in her lungs while she was nursing. I took her in the house, put her in warm water. We towel dried her and dried her off with the hair dryer. She's warm but not interested in drinking any milk. I retrieved some from her nanny. Any suggestions? Should I keep her in the house where it's warm or put her back with the nanny? | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 175 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141 Rating: N/A |
Brenda, If the doe will let her nurse when she wants I would put her back with her dam, help her to nurse, encourage the doe to mother her and check on her every 2 hours through the night and help her to nurse at that time too. Give the doe something for pain, banamine at 0.1 cc per 10 pounds by SQ injection is best, but you can give liquid children's motrin at 1 cc per 10 pounds or motrin (ibuprofen) tablets, 2 to 4 depending on the size of the doe (roughly double the adult dose). Offer the doe some very warm water with molasses (make it look like strong iced tea) or karo syrup in it (about 1/4 cup to a gallon of water). I always offer warm sweet water to the does right after birth, they love it and it replenishes lost body fluids while giving them some energy back. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic |