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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Brucklay on March 16, 2011, 03:01:31 pm

Title: I have to thank the vet
Post by: Brucklay on March 16, 2011, 03:01:31 pm: Our 2nd goat to kid was due today but I have a feeling she would be a couple of days early like last year. So I had my eye on her and sure enough Monday 10.30 first signs of pushing, padding about the lying down, sat calmly in the shed with her and waited and waited but nothing seemed to be happening. Called the vet after 2 hours - Prue was distressed or showing signs of being tired but last year she popped them out like peas when my back was turned for 5 mins so I just thought something was up. Vet arrive in 10mins with a junior as they don't get that much goat experience. She was examined to find she hadn't opened up inside at all, she was given an injection and the junior vet 'massaged her internally' not that Prue approved very much. After 10mins he could feel the kid when was bum first! After a wee sort out out came the first kid, cried in a second and on his feet almost straight away. Vet check for a second, head first - a bit of a sort out and number 2 boy arrived. I was thinking great everyone safe and sound. Vet said he just check in case and yes another and again back to front, this one seemed to take longer but maybe it was as I was holding Prue and my back was killing me. Out came the 3rd and with a bit of a rub cried - took a bit longer to get on his feet but fine now.

So glad I mad the call to the vet - don't want to get them out unnecessarily but then you never know but this time it was the right call - thank you Vet.

Mum is coping really well.
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Post by: fifixx on March 16, 2011, 03:08:33 pm: Well done - it's always a difficult decision to call the vet - they look lovely!
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Post by: Cinderhills on March 16, 2011, 03:57:04 pm: They are very cute. That vet bill will be worth every penny. :)
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Post by: pikilily on March 16, 2011, 06:30:17 pm: good call!! they are lovely
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Post by: Mays on March 16, 2011, 07:27:31 pm: THREE ;D brilliant, hope mum is recovering ok, and well done on making the right decision with calling the vet, was it New Deer Vets?
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Post by: Rosemary on March 16, 2011, 07:59:29 pm: Well done, Prue! :goat:
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Post by: maybelle on March 16, 2011, 08:06:25 pm: How cute, glad all are well :)
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Post by: little blue on March 16, 2011, 08:28:46 pm: they're lovely - especially the white & black spotty one (like my cat & pigs!)
congratulations to you & Prue, glad it worked out ok in the end :)
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Post by: Brucklay on March 16, 2011, 08:41:41 pm: Hi Mays - Strichen Vet, same distance from us as New Deer but Strichen has a great lady who knows goats so she gets the big thumbs up from me, nice to be able to post something nice considering the messy I would have been in on my own - thank you all big sigh before the next!!
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Post by: jinglejoys on March 16, 2011, 09:35:30 pm: Presuming (Never make assumptions)they are Pygmies?
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Post by: Roxy on March 16, 2011, 10:41:21 pm: Mum will be kept busy!!! The kids look lovely.

You did the right thing getting the vet - quite often with multiple births, there is a bit of a muddle in there, which needs sorting. Delays can mean dead kids, so well done for your prompt action!
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Post by: ambriel on March 17, 2011, 12:03:59 am: Awwwwww! They're so tiny!

Lovely!
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Post by: jinglejoys on March 17, 2011, 12:27:52 pm: Sorry didn't see the photo.You need a shoehorn to kid pygmies especially of they are fed like western ones not african ones. ;)
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Post by: doganjo on March 17, 2011, 01:16:48 pm: Quote from: Brucklay on March 16, 2011, 08:41:41 pm
Hi Mays - Strichen Vet, same distance from us as New Deer but Strichen has a great lady who knows goats so she gets the big thumbs up from me, nice to be able to post something nice considering the messy I would have been in on my own - thank you all big sigh before the next!!
You can't be far from many of my friends - St Katherines, Memsie are two Both use the Strichen vets and commend them highly
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Post by: scotelf on March 17, 2011, 06:27:05 pm: Lovely pic, Congratulations!
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Post by: fruitfarm on March 19, 2011, 08:53:14 am: Congratulations on your beautiful new babies! I think those of us who have managed to find great "goat vets" should think ourselves VERY lucky as you hear of so many who treat goats as small cows or smooth sheep.
I wonder if it would be possible to create a list of personally recommended goat vets on here? Would that be breaking any rules if we just said that we had been very happy with so-and-so? Obviously not to mention the ones that we thought were rubbish! Don't want any defamation issues do we?
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Post by: Brucklay on March 19, 2011, 01:47:53 pm: I think that would be a great idea - it's difficult if you move to a new area - we went to the local vet and very nice too for the dogs, cats and I have birds of prey and the head vet knew about them and has some so that was excellent. With the goats and the sheep we use a different vet as they are more specialised in the field but it did take us 2 years to find them!!