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Yes. I had one with milk fever not long ago. it was confirmed though. I reiterate what misfit said, high levels of calcium can be just as fatal.

You'll see her stomach and her teets point before delivery.
 
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If your worried about her calcium level you can try feeding some timothy hay...its high in calcium but not so much its going to cause a problem. A few farms around here feed pretty much straight timothy for the first 2 weeks of lactation..thats mostly diary cows though.
 
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She gets a mix of youth and active adult mazuri feed. They free graze during the day, and occasionally get bananas, lettuce, carrots, cheese, and peanut butter. I haven't looked at how much of each vitamin and minerals the feed has. My mom's dog had milk fever once so it is one of those things that scares me :/ I try to keep a variety of nutrition available for them
 
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She should be fine.

I think the only reason that Rita had it was because our land is calcium poor and she was HEAVY in milk.
 
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Not birth related but what are these little white things? I noticed them early on and never found anyone I could ask
 

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Oh!! They've never been white before! Theye always just been little holes. They look gross haha
 
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I love when the babies push up on one side! I could make put legs and side! I could make out more with her than I could my own pregnancy!
 
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Been trying to post that for a while lol. Can you see the bump?
 
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