Only getting milk from one teat

[seanmn]

I have a 50/50 boer spanish cross doe who just gave birth to twins and I noticed that only one teat is working...nothing looks wrong with the other teat and she has plenty of milk and theres nothing wrong with the milk....Will she start producing milk from the teat? Would it be a good idea to put one of the kids on a bottle?

[goatmarm]

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[seanmn]

the bag is full, but not the teat, I made sure and removed the waxy plug. Only a really small amount of milk comes out. But plenty comes out on the other teat.

[goatmarm]

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[rich2748]

Hope by now you have the problem solved. If not try taking the teat between you palms likd you would a pencil and roll it applying some pressure. We had one that we could get no milk from one teat last year. The vet suggested this and it worked. Sometimes the end of the teat gets plugged and this frees it up. If all else has failed at least try this.

Rich

[seanmn]

Checked her again today and to my surprise both teats are now working properly and both babies seem to be doing well, thanks for the imput....If something like this happens again in the future I'll remember to massage the teat with a warm cloth and try the rolling it around with a pencil trick

[goatmarm]

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