2 week old with bumps

emanuelcs34 · #1 04/27/09, 05:46 PM

I have a 2 week old nubian doe, she has little bumps on her bottom and on her ears. I noticed the mom now has them on her teat that the doe sucks on. They look like little pimples.
Any suggestions on what they are and how to get rid of them would help.

Minelson · #2 04/27/09, 06:52 PM

It sounds like Orf aka Sore Mouth. My Frankie got it on his lip...It is contagious but no one else got it...it just has to run it's course. The biggest problem from what I read about it is when the mama gets it on her udder and it causes problems with nursing. SO, you might want to google it to get more info...or someone else might have experience here with what to do if it starts on the udder.
Here is Frankie with Orf
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8...D550/ry%3D400/
At first I thought it was some kind of callous. It never got any worse and took about 2 weeks to go away.

breezywayfarm · #3 04/27/09, 07:42 PM

It does sound a lot like soremouth. I picked it up from a show a few years ago, and everyone got it. Now this year it decided to come back around and all my kids got it as they don't have the immunity to it. It takes between a week to three weeks to heal. Unfortantly, there's nothing you can do for it, it just has to run it's course. You may want to watch and make sure that the kid is still able to nurse okay though.

emanuelcs34 · #4 04/27/09, 08:34 PM

Thanks, I haven't seen any on her mouth yet, but it is all over her bottom and ears, It does look like that picture though minelson. She must have some on her mouth since it is on mom now. I will keep an eye on her to make sure she is eating.
Thanks for your help.

Minelson · #5 04/27/09, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by emanuelcs34

Thanks, I haven't seen any on her mouth yet, but it is all over her bottom and ears, It does look like that picture though minelson. She must have some on her mouth since it is on mom now. I will keep an eye on her to make sure she is eating.
Thanks for your help.

It doesn't have to be on the mouth, I think that is the most common area but from what i have read about it, it can show up anywhere on the body. Since they whack mama with their head to get the milk going she may be making contact with that area of her head. Be sure to wash your hands good...it can show up on your fingers. But don't freak out like I did! lol!
I had been teaching Frankie how to give kisses to me using raisins the morning before I noticed the "thing" on his lip. There are horrible pictures on the internet of Orf and I had myself believing that me and all my critters were going to get ghastly deformations all over our faces!

But it was no big deal at all

emanuelcs34 · #6 04/28/09, 09:22 AM

Ok my question now would be, Should I not keep the milk, I am milking out the side the baby does not nurse on. I wonder if I should use it on the kids and not drink it.