Hi everyone! This posting should probably be posted in the goat blog but for the life of me I can’t figure out finding where to post it! But, I urgently need help.
Problem. I have one ND DOE, that only had one baby! The baby has been favoring only one tit leaving the other one to accumulate the milk. This has been a recurrent problem with same tit for each kidding. Last kidding she had two kids and we didn’t have issues once the milk was flowing.
So, we’ve been milking her on the unpreferred tit everyday until this past weekend. I can’t do it aloneand the farmhand was away. So we skipped Saturday and Sunday and we did it today.
At first the milk would not go out. But, after some massaging and squeezing of the tit, the milk started to come out no problem. We use a pulsing milking machine.
So far so good. But when I am taking a good look at the milking receptacle I see tiny movement! They are larva! Tiny. Moving around on the side of the transparent receptacle.
I’ve never seen them before! But, I simply might not have noticed it! Since they are white like the milk. What is going on? Should I treat her for that? Should I worry? Could it be affecting both tits and her baby is drinking these larva’s. Are they toxic to the kid? I am baffled. Never seen that before and I’ve been milking for a while.
Note: also what about my other does with kids. The kids are two months old. Is this contagious? Also, I know these pictures don't say much, but I tried to download short videos and the system did not accept them. What you see is what it is.
Problem. I have one ND DOE, that only had one baby! The baby has been favoring only one tit leaving the other one to accumulate the milk. This has been a recurrent problem with same tit for each kidding. Last kidding she had two kids and we didn’t have issues once the milk was flowing.
So, we’ve been milking her on the unpreferred tit everyday until this past weekend. I can’t do it aloneand the farmhand was away. So we skipped Saturday and Sunday and we did it today.
At first the milk would not go out. But, after some massaging and squeezing of the tit, the milk started to come out no problem. We use a pulsing milking machine.
So far so good. But when I am taking a good look at the milking receptacle I see tiny movement! They are larva! Tiny. Moving around on the side of the transparent receptacle.
I’ve never seen them before! But, I simply might not have noticed it! Since they are white like the milk. What is going on? Should I treat her for that? Should I worry? Could it be affecting both tits and her baby is drinking these larva’s. Are they toxic to the kid? I am baffled. Never seen that before and I’ve been milking for a while.
Note: also what about my other does with kids. The kids are two months old. Is this contagious? Also, I know these pictures don't say much, but I tried to download short videos and the system did not accept them. What you see is what it is.
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