goat question

[AhBee01]

Why on earth would my goat stay up all night screaming?
I thought she was cought up on something, so I go running out there and she seemed fine, when in the barn and ate leaves from me! She seems fine.
Nothing was out there. My neighbor said she has heard them a few nights in a row!
I'm at a loss!
TIA
Brenda

 

[justhatchin]

DO YOU HAVE ONLY ONE AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT ?

 

[AhBee01]

I have 3 and we had them for 2 and a half yrs!
All I can think of is maybe her brothers won't let her in at night!
Brenda

 

[justhatchin]

Maybe! She could be coming in heat? Sick? Not getting her share of the food?

If you have had them that long something is really bugging her, But I don't have any other answer. Check to be sure she is having bowel movements and is eating and drinking. Check her teeth to see if she has one infected.

 

[AhBee01]

Heat could be, she is eating and drinking good, and seems happy.
She does have a bag filling, she cannot be kidding, cuz my boys are fixed!
This has happened before and she got a shot. Other people said to milk her a few times then less and less so she will dry up. I tried that, it lasted a few months and she has bagged up again. This happened on only one side.
I didn't want to try to milk her again, cuz I didn't want to open her up to infection! She doesn't seem to be in any pain and I see no signs of infection.
Makes me wonder if her brothers are enjoying some milk, lol!
Brenda

 

[tiffanyh]

False pregnancy???

 

[Chatychick]

Sounds like heat to me and also a hormone imbalance. If you arent planning on breeding her I would have her spayed and it will still the false pregnancies and make her more calm with no heat anymore. I know my girls can get pretty loud when they come into heat and they do scream everytime they hear me...if her udder keeps filling sounds like a false pg and hormonal also.

 

[username taken]

More likely to be precocious udder than hydrometria (false pregnancy). And I'd wager that she's in heat, thats why the yelling.

 

[AhBee01]

Thanks guys, I do think it is precocious udder, what do you do when it happens? Should I milk her or let it be? Should I have the vet come out and give her a shot? It didn't last very long last time. She is part pygmy part Nigerian dwarf. How many time do they come into heat in a year?

 

[cluckychick]

If you have any bucks near you go rub one with a rag and let her sniff it, you'll know if she's in heat, lol.