Author Topic: post natal depression? (Read 3143 times)

fiestyredhead331 · « **on:** June 18, 2014, 11:14:54 pm »

Daisy kidded twins on Sunday (her 3rd kidding) but this time she seems a bit depressed. She's had singles before and never moved more than 2ft from them but this time she's been wandering off away down the field and leaving them in the shed. She seems to be feeding them without any problems, but then takes herself off to a quiet corner for a munch or a lie down, she looks thoroughly fed up! Even tonight when I went to put her and the kids into their own room, I had to drag her in. Even then she doesn't lie with them, she is in the opposite corner.
She does bleat back to them if they call her and she did put them into an old pig ark we have earlier when it got too wet to be out but she just seems out of character? Maybe it's just the fact she has 2 to deal with instead of her usual one?

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2014, 11:48:36 pm »

I'm now thinking ketosis?......thoughts?

I'll give her molasses and extra sugar beet and see if that helps

tizaala · « **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2014, 09:02:50 am »

You will find that because they are so closely related to deer they will dump the youngsters in a safe place and then go off for a while , most of ours do it, and then after a while they will appoint an ' aunty ' to babysit half a dozen kids at a time. Perfectly normal goat behavior.

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 19, 2014, 09:12:12 am »

emergency dash to vets today for calcium injections!! Sounds like ketosis :-(

gave her molasses drench but she's off her food today. they did offer to post it out to me but would rather have the stuff today.

Willow was left babysitting 5 kids the other day but today she didn't want to come out of her pen for food and just lay down in the corner

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2014, 11:51:32 am »

Poor Daisy. I hope the calcium kicks in quickly.

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2014, 03:30:25 pm »

Celciject and ketol are about to be administered, the 3 hour round trip took considerably lonher than planned when i got a falt tyre and then the tyre brace snapped so had to drive at 5mph to the nearest garage and borrow theirs!

shygirl · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2014, 06:56:46 pm »

oh no, hope you day gets better.

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 19, 2014, 07:17:18 pm »

well when I went in to the shed Daisy was up and about and went mad for a carrot (bribery for the injection) and then went off out with the kids for a munch on the grass so it's looking better than it did at 7am today, the downside is that the molasses I drenched her with last night has had a laxative effect...lol if its not one end its the other!!