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    Is it time?

    Since she’s refusing any grain/pellets at this point I can’t mix anything in. I did recheck her record and she’s actually 9/10 this year. The guy I bought her from didn’t know her age exactly. All I can do is offer whatever she’ll take at this point. She seems very bright and happy at this point.
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    Is it time?

    It was a new bag at the time and all the other goats are eating it. She was excited about the alfalfa pellets and now she’s turning her nose up at those.
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    Is it time?

    I didn’t run my fingers along the top gums. Didn’t want to get too close to her back teeth. But I will try feeling her top gums.
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    Is it time?

    Well, and now she’s decided she doesn’t like that anymore. Got her mouth open, but all I saw was green. But I really pressed on teeth and she never flinched. And nothings stuck in her throat. Guess all I can do is keep offering. Other than being skinny, she comes running with everyone, is...
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    Is it time?

    Just wanted to say thank you for the advice. She’s getting half cup of sheep/goat text with molasses and 1/2 cup alfalfa pellets. Tongiht she ate almost all of it. I’ve put some pellets in my pocket and give her some throughout the day if I see her. I hope she’ll start putting on some weight now.
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    Is it time?

    Yup, she’s a Nigerian dwarf/Pygmy cross.
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    Is it time?

    Well, she ate more if her grain than she has in weeks with the molasses, but still only about a half cup ish? Seemed to chew and swallow fine. Then she quit. I will pick up alfalfa cubes tomorrow when I’m in town. Here’s a couple of pics.
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    Is it time?

    Thank you, that’s what I was thinking that it was time. Unfortunately, not breeding her isn’t an option since I would have to separate her and she would be all by herself for the winter and that doesn’t work. I will have to try to rehome her, but she’s the queen and I’m not sure she’d be happy...
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    Is it time?

    Thank you! I’ll try the molasses as I don’t believe the sheep/goat text has any on it. I’ll also pick up some alfalfa cubes and try that. Yes, treacherous back teeth indeed, I’ve cut myself on sheep teeth. Like many knives back there. Failing all of that I’ll have to take her to the vet...
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    Is it time?

    It’s step 4 Rocky Mountain crunch. I use them for treats for the sheep and goats. I’ll see what I can find for a dairy pellet, but feed and feed types are in short supply in my area (Canada). I may be able to find a dairy cow feed. Otherwise the sheep goat text is the best I can get my hands...
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    Is it time?

    No change in feed or brand. It’s the same as far as I know and it was within the same bag. She just woke up that morning and said no thank you! In the claiming pen so didn’t change environment. Kids didn’t/don’t have diarrhea, they seem to be hungry. So once I started feeding the one, things...
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    Is it time?

    I i thought that too and checked her mouth, but it was just a palpation and she didn’t flinch at all. I’ll have someone else hold her and have another look. But when she horks back several inch square nuggets at a time and you can hear her crunching them, I was like it can’t be her teeth...
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    Is it time?

    How do you get them to eat grain? She normally loves her grain (I have a 16% goat text that she gobbled up all winter and during her first week after birth) but now she takes a bite and spits it out, crunches a tiny mouthful or refuses it entirely.
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    Is it time?

    I have an 8 year old Nigerian dwarf/Pygmy cross doe. She’s never had any issues birthing, feeding her kids, until this year. She gave birth to triplets this year, no issues, spat them out like a pro. Cleaned just fine. But about a week after she stopped eating her grain completely. Grass was...
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    Question on my two ND doelings?

    Ahh... bureaucracy before technology/ability. Nothing new there! lol
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