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I cut with a scythe and let dry until the grass is crisp but before it sun bleaches. Then I cram as much as possible into a big Rubbermaid type tote smashing it down with my feet as I go. I lay out two lengths of baling twine parallel and then turn out the hay onto the twine. Then using a knee I...

Fly predators work wonders.

When it is real hot here everyone gets a good soaking with the hose. (held so they don't run around and get hotter) Mine are used to it and it does not seem to bother them. They give me death glares the whole time but cool down really well that way.

It was a loooong night (to tired to post everything yet) but look what we have to share! ETA: Two boys

Still improving everyday. If I am with her she will spend a long time grazing in the pasture. Not interested in much other food but hey I will take it. Still no signs of any toxemia (no fever, swelling or overt distress). She will hit 145 days tomorrow and while she is starting to bag up she is...

Big improvement this afternoon! Ketone strip was extremely slight. Still no signs of any fever. She really wanted to be out in the pasture with the other goats so I let her out (with me right there) she was much improved by that. Tail is up, looking a lot more brite eyed. She is moving around...

Thanks Donna, I can work on getting some more calcium in her as well.

She is getting both. She gets magic/miracle drench every 2 hours and every 6 she gets a half dose of goat drench which is propylene glycol first ingredient along with B12, A, calcium and other vitamins. At this point the doe is still not showing any signs of toxemia just ketosis so no point in...

We ARE going with what the vet suggested.

She is already on propylene glycol several times a day. Predef is an adrenal steroid that returns blood sugars to normal levels and stabilizes them. It also increases appetite and is anti inflammatory and prevents them from going into shock. It drastically increases the success rate of treat...

Predef is not induction just much increased chance of early labor. So there is a chance she could still go full term. Not great but a chance. To much more of this and she won't have enough in her to go through labor. It sucks but I think it is probably the right call at this point.

So this is day three of heavy care and day 5 or 6 of her being sick and while I keep seeing promising signs she really is not progressing. For every good moment she has just as many bad. I am pretty sure I am going to start her on Predef in the next 24 hours. She is a really good doe and...

So she is not progressing as fast as I want but I don't know how fast I should expect progress. (I have seen other posts where it took people several days to get blood sugar really back up to normal) I was able to get ketosis strips and test her. Slight to small amounts of ketones detected. Temp...

She is at 10 days now, but to be honest I am not holding out much hope for the kids right now. I have strong doubts they will make it. But she had even more fight in her at 3 am and again at 7 am. She also had a very small amount of white mucus discharge from her vulva this morning. No sign of...

Thanks Donna. So what do you guys think. She made a small bit of progress to day. Not nearly as much as I would have liked though. I just got back in from giving her nutrient drench and miracle and a bit of probiotic. She had more fight in her then I have seen the past two days, and I HAVE...