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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Lesley Silvester on December 10, 2012, 10:19:10 pm

Title: Memory loss.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 10, 2012, 10:19:10 pm

Pom is clearly in season today, bang on time, and should have been on a trip to the billy.  If only I hadn't forgotten to get her CAE tested.  ::) >:( She's next due on New Year's Eve.  Hope the roads are clear then.

Title: Re: Memory loss.
Post by: Joseph on December 10, 2012, 11:16:58 pm

Do you take her when she shows signs of heat? Or when she is due to show signs of heat and leave her there. How long does she remain receptive for?

Title: Re: Memory loss.
Post by: sokel on December 11, 2012, 07:42:38 am

That's the type of thing I would do
The lab our vet uses is shut down from the 20Th for the holidays so worth checking when the last blood tests are being done

Title: Re: Memory loss.
Post by: tizaala on December 11, 2012, 08:24:31 am

I'm sure that Aberystwyth uni is now doing CAE testing too.

Title: Re: Memory loss.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 13, 2012, 07:08:10 pm

I'd better get it done soon.  I'm not sure when to take her.  Both Pom and her mum went off the boil by the time we got to their honeymoon destinations and had to stay overnight (or five nights in Pom's case) so going a day or two early and leaving her might be a good idea.  I'll chat to the billy's owner.