All well this morning. They are wandering round and suckling well although they don't seem to know which of these big goats is Mum. Both adults are washing them and both prepared to suckle them. I'm just hoping they are both getting some colostrum. They are so much alike that I'm not sure whether each thinks she (yes they are girls
) has one mum or if they are going between the two. Cloud seems fine this morning and was back to shoving her head in the bucket as soon as it was low enough. The only difference is that she didn't meet me at the gate and try to get her head in the bucket while I was shutting the gate - her usual behaviour.
I agree with those who said that the actual kidding is traumatic. I'm so glad I called the vet as soon as I suspected all was not well. He said the second one would have been stuck as well. I could have lost all of them and Cloud as well. She was certainly pretty tired by the end of it.
So was I!!! The large brandy and the extra painkillers didn't help me to have good night and this morning I am
. Maybe I should have asked the vet to give me one of his injections as well. It's worked wonders on Cloud.
We were so lucky as well that is was Chris on duty, who is the practice's goat expert. And my lovely OH who, despite being, in his own words, 'useless' after 10pm, stayed with us. He held Cloud while Chris was delivering the babies as I don't have the strength any more. OH was wonderful because he would really rather I hadn't kept the goats when I became disabled.
