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Old 02/26/13, 03:23 PM
 
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Quints! and a question
So my girl finally went into labor and had quints...3 bucks 2 does. all between 1.9-2.11 lbs the doe were the smallest.
One of the does seemed to be having a hard time breathing, was cold and no suck reflex. I warmed her then tubed a little milk in her I gave her vit. b, vit. E and an antibiotic just to be safe. In a few hours she started sucking and drank quite a bit. This morning was standing, breathing fine. Still weak but doing well.

Now for a question...2 of the kids have watery eyes. Never had that before. should I give them an antibiotic or wait for a few days and see what happens?

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Old 02/26/13, 03:27 PM
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Oh WOW!!! They are adorable! and so many of them! How is the mama goat doing?
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WOW..what a LITTER!
They are wonderful!! They look a little vocal in that last picture!
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Old 02/26/13, 03:50 PM
 
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The mom is doing great and making lots of milk. These kids were so small they came all folded up and was no problem coming out.
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Old 02/26/13, 03:51 PM
 
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Her grandmother gave me quints twice, her mother kids with quads every year. Maybell was so big I have been expecting quints.
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Old 02/26/13, 04:22 PM
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About the watery eyes...When Frankie was born he had one watery eye. Flor a long time. Just clear wateryness. I was told that some amniotic fluid maybe got in his eye but was not told to do anything about it. Thinking back I wish I would have flushed it with saline. Maybe you could try that and see if it helps
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I second the saline flushing, but we try to keep away from antibiotics in our herd.

Congrats, they are just adorable!
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Old 02/26/13, 04:26 PM
 
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Oh, how absurdly adorable!! They cannot be that small and be real! Like little walking toys. Good for mama and great for you! They just couldn't be better.
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Only use antibiotics when necessary. For now, I would just do as suggested and flush with saline, or apply some plain non-antibiotic eye lubricating gel. If it doesn't clear up on its own, then you might think about antibiotic drops or gel.
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Too Cute!!
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How utterly A-DORABLE!!!
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Oh my goodness, what bunch you have there!
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ooohh, sooo cute! they really do look like toys!
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Old 02/26/13, 08:35 PM
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Just precious little one's! I'd keep a close eye on the watery eyes right now & just flush with saline like minelson suggested & see how they do.
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Oh so cute!!! And FIVE... wow! How awesome!
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Hey thanks for the tip on rinsing the eye. I rinsed both of them and they are not running at all today. I would have never thought of that.
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Wow, nice herd!
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