New and Question About Bleeding

Our ND, Nibbles, started having some bloody discharge yesterday. Friday she had more clearish discharge (I thought she was in heat) and then a golden/yellow discharge on Saturday. She does now have an udder and it showed up in the last week or so (our other doe is noticably pregnant so I guess I was too focused on her growing udder, lol). I stayed close to her yesterday just in case. She's a little slower moving than normal, but eating/drinking, etc

This morning she must've had some type of discharge b/c she had hay stuck back there. Later in the morning I saw more bloody discharge and I've seen it twice since then. She's still eating, drinking, peeing, pooping normally and isn't acting like she's in pain. She does breathe heavier when she lays down and she seems to get up/down more often. Her sides have hollowed as of Sunday.

I'm worried about the blood. We've had NDs for about 5 years now and when I thought our other doe was pregnant before I read everything I could find but I don't remember seeing anything about this type of discharge. I have not seen any white mucus discharge from her.

Any thoughts?

I once had a doe go into premature labor and give birth around day 135. The kids were fine, but they never would have survived if we hadn't been there because they couldn't stand, so would not have been able to nurse, and the doe had zero hormones because she should not have given birth yet, so she totally ignored the kids. So I haven't exactly experienced the same thing as you are. I doubt the kids are hurt because they have a lot of padding in there with the amniotic sac, but maybe she had a few contractions then the labor stopped because she isn't really far enough along to be kidding yet. It never stops amazing me how mean goats can be to each other, and it doesn't matter if they're related or not. One of the worst incidents I've ever seen was a newly freshened doe beating up her yearling daughter. It takes a lot to scare me, but that did! She was repeatedly slamming her into the wall until I pulled the yearling out of that stall. I was afraid she was going to wind up with broken ribs.

Oh, I totally understand falling in love with these little goats. I have a really hard time selling them once they get to be a year or two old!

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Mary Ross July 6, 2011 at 10:08pm

That's what I thought at first b/c until the bleeding started i didn't even realize the change. A month ago her teats were up against her abdomen. Forever you couldn't even see her teats b/c of she's so furry. When I noticed that I could easily see her teats I felt to see if there was a change other than that, but for months there was nothing. I'd love to know what caused that change and the bleeding, but at this point as long as it has stopped and she's acting normal again I'm happy:)
Deborah Niemann-Boehle July 6, 2011 at 8:46pm

This udder is really nothing to get excited about. I don't think this would even qualify as a precocious udder.

Mary Ross said:

I think it has gotten smaller since I last posted. She seems fine now and back to her normal self (and back to trying to chew on my clothes, lol).
Mary Ross July 6, 2011 at 6:29pm

This is our other doe. Her udder is much bigger and fuller.
Mary Ross July 6, 2011 at 6:26pm

I think it has gotten smaller since I last posted. She seems fine now and back to her normal self (and back to trying to chew on my clothes, lol).
Deborah Niemann-Boehle July 2, 2011 at 8:05am

Can you post a picture of her udder?
Mary Ross July 1, 2011 at 11:46pm

Well darn it:( There wasn't any discharge for 2 days then this morning I thought I saw a tiny bit of white discharge and this evening there was more bleeding. Her udder seems to be the same size and feels like something is in there, but I'm not sure what I'm feeling for since I haven't done this before. I really wish I knew what was going on because I'm getting tired of staring at a goat's back end daily:)
Anna Cummings June 29, 2011 at 3:13pm

Awww.. How cute!!

Jan said:

Deborah...that's why you MUST sell them early so you can keep the numbers down. The two doelings we kept are 16 weeks old and we certainly can't part with them now we are so in love with them. I'm glad I moved the other kids on before this happened with them.LOL.
Mary Ross June 28, 2011 at 5:15pm

Jan, they are beautiful!

Deborah, thank you for the advice! Thankfully I work from home so I'm able to keep a close eye on her. I realized I go out there alot when my 3 yo started yelling 'goat, goat' when she saw me slipping on my shoes.
Jan June 28, 2011 at 4:40pm

Deborah...that's why you MUST sell them early so you can keep the numbers down. The two doelings we kept are 16 weeks old and we certainly can't part with them now we are so in love with them. I'm glad I moved the other kids on before this happened with them.LOL.
Deborah Niemann-Boehle June 28, 2011 at 1:17pm

I once had a doe go into premature labor and give birth around day 135. The kids were fine, but they never would have survived if we hadn't been there because they couldn't stand, so would not have been able to nurse, and the doe had zero hormones because she should not have given birth yet, so she totally ignored the kids. So I haven't exactly experienced the same thing as you are. I doubt the kids are hurt because they have a lot of padding in there with the amniotic sac, but maybe she had a few contractions then the labor stopped because she isn't really far enough along to be kidding yet. It never stops amazing me how mean goats can be to each other, and it doesn't matter if they're related or not. One of the worst incidents I've ever seen was a newly freshened doe beating up her yearling daughter. It takes a lot to scare me, but that did! She was repeatedly slamming her into the wall until I pulled the yearling out of that stall. I was afraid she was going to wind up with broken ribs.

Oh, I totally understand falling in love with these little goats. I have a really hard time selling them once they get to be a year or two old!

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