Look at this Udder

Goats are just like us humans beings. They can have a False Pg and bag up just like being pg and when in matter fact not pg at all.

I called some vets today. One said "$130 for a PG test, and our research indicates they are not very accurate, so I'm not sure that's a wise choice." OUCH! HELLO! 77 for and ultrasound. The other laughed at me and said that there was no way a goat would bag up and not be pregnant.

HMMMM, "but I know these folks on the net"...another chuckle. Well at least his ultrasound was cheaper - 57 dollars.

SHEEZ!

kids

So did you milk her when she bagged up? Did she stay milking unless you dried her off?

Mastitus is a worry for me. And I don't get why if she isn't pregnant she wouldn't just stop producing milk and dry off (if she is producing milk that is). so here she is just hard and I wonder if it hurts like heck and if she will get mastitis from us not milking her.

kids

Thanks! This is a lot cheaper. I have a friend who is a small animal vet that I think can hook me up with the tubes.

Kids

What is she eating? If she has access to Sweet Clover (I think that's it, it's been awhile since Lactation Physiology) those types of plants have a lot of estrogen in them and can make animals bag up.

Sure looks like a nice udder!

Jennifer

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Well there is clover in my "lawn" that she grazes on, but I wouldn't think it would be too much. She gets alfalfa, browse(most of her diet is browse), and some grain.

kids

If she is bred she will gain alot of weight in there last month so shes probabley bred just not showing much yet. She could have a single or be a long bodied doe. It's hard to tell sometimes if there long bodied and carrying a single that there even bred. That from a buddy of mine I talked to and showed the photo to.. If you really want to know if she is bred get a pg test done on her and then you know for sure.

Good Luck on your goat.

When my Saanen did it...I started milking her cos I had a few lambs to raise that year....then I dried her up before it was time to get her pregnant...well she didnt get pregnant...so food for another 12 mths and no milk, grrrrr....now waiting to see if she has babies this year. I bought a Saanen buck to run with her...fingers crossed she has babies.

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wouldn't she have dried up by now if she wasn't PG? When I dried up off my La Mancha she was done in a week. Capella has been full for 3-4 weeks now and no less full than the beginning. You would think if I'm not milking her...

I just need to get the test done!

kids

If she's pregnant, she won't just dry up. If she's a virgin milker (and if you really think she's not bred, you should maybe have the test to find out) you should be milking her. It isn't good for her to be so full of milk -- that can cause mastitis. If she's been with a buck for a couple of months, and bagged up for the last month, she may or may not be preggers and before you decide to milk her you need to know which. I have the same problem right now with a Kinder doe -- she kidded in Feb., has been getting milked all along, and was with a buck for a while, but I don't know if she took or not (Kinders are supposed to breed out of season, but don't know yet if mine will), so I don't know if I should stop milking her now or wait a few more months.

Kathleen

We never milk ours that was like that because I wanted her to dry up on her own. The first year she dried up after 3 or four months, the second year she had not dried up in 4 months and then got mastitis.