12/14/11, 03:53 PM
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Nubian dairy goat breeder
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: michigan
Posts: 4,465
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Originally Posted by AuntKitty
Well, apparently I have a doe who likes to snack while in labor too. And apparently the ropy white stuff isn't always the placenta. The vet never called me and I sat in the barn all night with her straining, getting up, laying down, pawing and nesting. I gave her the CMPK and a shot of bose since that has helped my other doe when she had a retained placenta. Finally at about 5:30 this morning she had another live big kid and an extremely small dead buckling - more than 10 hours after the first kid was born. The dead buckling came first in a really big sack so I think when I went in what I was feeling was that big sack and not the far side of the uterus like I thought. Oh well, we live and we learn.
The moral of this story is trust your instincts. YOU know your doe and what is normal for her.
The good news is I think the 2nd live kid is a doeling but we all know my track record on being wrong about that at least once every kidding. Does anyone know a feminine sounding name that means "miracle"?
Thanks for all your help! Kitty
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well, you knew that there was more and sometimes it is good to go with your instinct.
next time, try to get some help when you go in. i let my husband hug the goat from behind and lift her belly a bit in a case like this. my does are very big and deep and no way would i reach the other end. oxytocin would have helped too would be my guess.
congrats and wish a doe kid is there for you to keep 
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