I have a doe who has always looked funny b/c of her teeth, they are always showing( like they are to big for her mouth). I had never really payed attention to it but to day I got her up on the table and had a look and they look way to long to me. I have quite a bit of experience w/ alpacas and she look like a alpaca w/ to long of teeth. Alpacas need their teeth to be trimmed when they get to long, if this the same w/ goats too? I will attach a picture of her teeth that I took this morning. Her teeth are loose too..
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Yes. I've seen a goat with parrot mouth (overbite) get disqualified in a show. I imagine the same thing would happen with monkey mouth.
Hmm.. I will try and get a better picture later. Is that something that would be undesirable in a breeding doe?
Goats do not normally need their teeth trimmed. However, it looks kind of like she has a "monkey mouth," which is an underbite. It's a little hard to tell because your finger is on the upper lip, but the top and bottom should come together evenly when her mouth is closed.