Ok, we have a goat that has kidded before and had triplets the last go round, no problems. This doe is a pigmy nubian cross. Not tiny like a pigmy but not huge like a nubian. Anyway she looks like she could have Twins, Trips, or maybe even Quads! She cannot fit into a dogloo without squeezing through.
For the last week she has been panting quite hard but not really labored. Today I could hear her wheezing when I turned the corner into the barn. She was breathing very labored so much that she did not even walk away from me when I approached. She is very standoffish most of the time and normally keeps a good arms length away unless you corner her to catch her. I could walk right up to her and reach down gently and take her collar. I noticed that her tongue was really light whitish not pink like it should be and her gums were really pale and she was foaming at the mouth like she was really dry. So I walked her to the water trough and took handfuls of the cool water and let it trickle into her mouth trying to cool her down a little bit and make it easier for her. She went rather easily without a fight. She did drink some of the water so that was good and her breathing slowed down some but not enough for my comfort.
I am sort of thinking she might be in labor her bag is pretty tight but not concrete hard, but close. She is dripping a little in the back end. Tonight when I put some hay in the dogloo for her nest, she decided to eat some of it and now her breathing is less labored since it cooled down for the evening. We have moved her under a nice grove of trees outside of the barn so she can get better air with a dogloo for shelter and she is in a dog kennel 12X12 so the other goats leave her alone. She has all the water she wants and food and hay.
Anyway is this normal for a multiple pregnancy for a goat? Any ideas what else I can do for her or if I should take her to the vet or what.
For the last week she has been panting quite hard but not really labored. Today I could hear her wheezing when I turned the corner into the barn. She was breathing very labored so much that she did not even walk away from me when I approached. She is very standoffish most of the time and normally keeps a good arms length away unless you corner her to catch her. I could walk right up to her and reach down gently and take her collar. I noticed that her tongue was really light whitish not pink like it should be and her gums were really pale and she was foaming at the mouth like she was really dry. So I walked her to the water trough and took handfuls of the cool water and let it trickle into her mouth trying to cool her down a little bit and make it easier for her. She went rather easily without a fight. She did drink some of the water so that was good and her breathing slowed down some but not enough for my comfort.
I am sort of thinking she might be in labor her bag is pretty tight but not concrete hard, but close. She is dripping a little in the back end. Tonight when I put some hay in the dogloo for her nest, she decided to eat some of it and now her breathing is less labored since it cooled down for the evening. We have moved her under a nice grove of trees outside of the barn so she can get better air with a dogloo for shelter and she is in a dog kennel 12X12 so the other goats leave her alone. She has all the water she wants and food and hay.
Anyway is this normal for a multiple pregnancy for a goat? Any ideas what else I can do for her or if I should take her to the vet or what.
