08/04/10, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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infected dry doe?
I have a alpine/nubian doe that has had three known pregnancies. First was good, second she delivered fine, but ended up with mastitis. I medicated and dried her off. This last pregnancy she delivered two kids and came in just fine. However, she came into milk to fast and after a few days had mastitis again, and could not drop milk to feed the kids. I pulled them and they were fine. I again milked her out, medicated (penicillin and mastitis med) and dried her off. Here she is 5 months later now sharing her pen with her buddy doe who is to deliver within a month. I thought she was looking quite thick in the utter last night so I went and sure enough, she has a few sqirts of milk in her good teat, but the other was at least three finger thick, and full of infection. Thick, like pudding but came easily when I "milked" her out. I did this until she was empty, leaving only a spot or two of blood that followed. She didn't even seem irratated when I was doing this. She just stood there eating. Medicate again? Maybe a different amount? This seems like all I do. We clean pens everyday, bare floor with fresh hay to eat and lay on. Two goats have 10x20 area with access to fresh outdoors with grass and elevated laying area. I don't know what would cause this! I know cleanliness is not the problem!
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