[langdon]

this afternoon me and beth were looking at the girls and molly(surprise surprise)
suddenly pulled a funny face with her top lip.
she curled her top lip so her top gum was showing.
we were pretty freaked out if honest, we thought she was having a fit, stroke or something.
it was only for a second but as said we were scared.
has anyone elses goat(s) done this before, are we just to paranoid?
langdon.
p.s. we are taking molly back to vet as udder not gone back to normal and now she wont let us
touch it.

[jameslindsay]

Langdon that's perfectly normal, I see my lot do it from time to time. Good luck with the vet.

[langdon]

aw thanks mate, its just that its the first time we ever seen it and it did frightened us.
as with the vet, we just hope they can get to the bottom of this and at least we will
know what we are dealing with, as we thought it was not mastitis but now she wont let us near it
langdon

[Roxy]

I do hope the vet can tell you exactly what is wrong with Molly.  As to not letting you touch her udder, have you been touching it a lot?!!!  Just that she may have got fed up of you doing this, and thats why she won't let you.  Do hope its not mastitis - has it gone any bigger, and does it look pink, shiny or sore - or changed from when you showed us the pics of her udder?

[piggy]

Our horses curl there top lips from time to time normally when they get a different smell in the air.

[Roxy]

One of our Dales ponies curls his lip when we laugh, looks like he is laughing too!!

[langdon]

it looks pink to be honest, teat still large.
langdon

[Roxy]

Best to let the vet have a look - and make sure they give a diagnosis and treatment, not just leave it and see.  It could be when she grazed her udder, and an infection has set in.  If it is mastitis, yes, there is always the danger they lose that side of the udder, as in it does not have milk in it, but, one of my British Alpine goats had mastitis in one side, and it was really bad.  I was sticking a needle up the teat (not nice but had to be done) every day, and trying to milk her out. Not easy when they are in pain, and it was coming out like cottage cheese.

But, the good news was, Penny went on to make a good recovery, and the following year when she kidded, she did indeed have milk in that side of her udder.  And even better, never had mastitis again.

[langdon]

will do just that
how do you manage to get a syringe up a teat when the goat wont let you near her?
now there's a question!!!!!!!!
langdon

[Roxy]

Yes, its not easy, and you have a fight on your hands.  I managed it by myself as Penny was pretty good, having been milked previously.  You need another (strong) person to keep a firm grip of the goat, and have her backed against a wall, or shed or something.  Hopefully you will not need to do the needle bit, so don't worry.