Sad to say no good news to report .....Dollys cervix did open late yesterday morning, and she began pushing, but nothing happening. I had a go at getting the kid out without success. Dolly being a very small alpine - it needed someone with very small hands, which thankfully I have, but even so, it was incredicably tight in there, and although I could feel the kid, I could not locate the front legs, and can only think they were pushed back. There was just no room in there.
I spoke with the duty vet - a different one this time, and he had been called out to the surgery to a sick dog, so asked if I could get Dolly there. Someone persuaded hubby to let me put her in his Discovery .....he was not happy believe me!! Vet was a sheep farmer, and he had small hands, but he could not get beyond the kids head to find the legs, either.
Like the other vet, he said a c section on a goat in his opinion would be too stressful, and we would lose Dolly anyway, and by this time the dead kid was smelling .....so we had to do the kindest thing and put Dolly to sleep.
Vet was very gentle with her, and Dolly stood quietly, sucking on an extra strong mint we slipped her
Vet even put a plastic cover in the back of the landy to pacify hubby, for us to carry her back in. It was worse coming back, cos of the smell .....but we managed to get hold of the slaughterman right away and meet him,so it was over and done with pretty fast.
It was a shame, losing the kid and the female, but its one of those things, and we have to get up, dust ourselves down and move on. No use saying what if, f only ....for whatever reason the kid was being aborted, according to our dates, around three weeks early.#
Got another smaller female to kid shortly, so just hoping that goes better.
Thanks for all your kind thoughts.
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