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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on May 17, 2010, 10:47:07 pm

Title: noisy eaters
Post by: langdon on May 17, 2010, 10:47:07 pm

is just my girls or are all goats noisy when eating?
really funny noises coming from tummies, sound like the hay or grass been digested as soon
as swallowed!!
any comments
langdon  :goat:

Title: Re: noisy eaters
Post by: ballingall on May 17, 2010, 11:13:41 pm

The only time you should worry Langdon, is if their tummies are completely silent!

Beth

Title: Re: noisy eaters
Post by: Roxy on May 17, 2010, 11:40:55 pm

Oh yes, I like to hear movement in the tummy region.  Same with  my horses.  If their tummies are silent, it can be a sign of the dreaded colic.  I have spent many hours listening to animals sides, to check for noises :D

Title: Re: noisy eaters
Post by: doganjo on May 17, 2010, 11:54:41 pm

They say you learn something new every day - here am I, 66, and I honestly didn't know that about goats and horses ::)

Title: Re: noisy eaters
Post by: Roxy on May 18, 2010, 01:21:50 pm

Annie, as soon as the vet arrives, he listens both sides of the tummy.  If there is rumblings noises, thats a good sign, and means food is passing throgh the gut - if its silent, particularly in horses, that can mean a blockage.  Once though, one of my ponies had a stomach that sounded like a washing machine, it was really loud .....and vet agreed, that was just too much noise, and had to give her an injection.