Hi and thank you both so much for your super quick responses, I really appreciate it.
Minnie seems to be off her usual concentrates goat mix but is still happy to chomp through hay and any treats! I've also been making sure that she has plenty to drink (they do love their hot water and have a bucket most mornings!). I've also tried some hot water with a little honey in it today which she seemed to really enjoy.
We'll definitely get an FEC done - would you recommend doing this through the vets or I've also seen that you can buy kits online that you send off direct to a lab for testing? I don't mind paying more for the vet to do it if it's worth it but like many people have found, it's so difficult to find a vet who knows much about goats! Although we have the same problem with our chickens aswell to be honest!
Our vet had previously recommended Heptavac for both the sheep and goats so we've used that for innoculations up until now. I'm conscious that there are lots of pros and cons of both Heptavac and Lambivac and that it comes down to whichever one the local vet recommends but am wondering whether it would be worth asking about changing to Lambivac. When we moved into our house and started using the paddock, it had been left overgrown and empty without any animals on it for at least 7 years so I know the vet thought the risk of worms/infection was quite low so maybe they would be better off on Lambivac. I'll have a chat with the vet about it again.
Her poo is not really runny or smelly and no sign of any blood so hopefully that eliminates Cocci.
Her tail is wagging quite a lot and she is quite affectionate but she seems quieter than usual at the moment - to me it feels like she's being affectionate because she knows I'm trying to help her rather than her coming into season. Our other pygmy goat Misty seems to constantly be coming into season at the moment and spends all day racing around the paddock, bleating away and telling the world about it! We just have the two girls at the moment - still working on my other half re getting anymore ;-)
I did wonder whether she had caught a cold - the two pygmies are twin sisters but Misty is definitely head honcho and they have fallen out a bit over the last few months. Misty was beating Minnie up when in the shed together at night so we split the shed so it has a top and a bottom bunk to keep them separate at night. Minnie sleeps upstairs but that is the level that has the window (no glass, just a mesh panel) and so we wondered if she had caught a chill if the wind had been particularly strong one night. We've put a cover over it now - a gap to allow ventilation but enough cover to hopefully stop any drafts as I know they can be prone to pneumonia.
I've not seen any shivering and her temperature was 39.6 which seems to be about spot on from the information I've read online.
We've got lots of ivy around the place so I'll get her some tomorrow to see if that helps perk her up - scarlet dragon, could you confirm what umbrells are? I've googled umbrells but google just insists on showing me pictures of umbrellas!!
Thanks again for your help,
Claire