Recent content by skippythepup

frustratedearthmother funny that you bring that up. Her companion, Abby , has been very combative and defensive these last few days over everything. She is gonna kid any day now so we have assumed that is why she is so moody. Goat mysteries! Perhaps some day we'll use goat body cams to figure...

She seems to be back to normal now. She missed out on her usual browsing today so not as plump looking as usual but besides that normal.

honeysuckle, soapplant or soaproot, eveningprimrose, vetch, split leaf geranium, and manzanita are what i see where she was today

I think it could be possible. I know the native plants pretty well here but perhaps i dont klnow which ones are poisonous to goats. mostly we are mixed hardwood(live oak, tan oak, and madrone) and conifer(douglas fir, and redwood) forest. Where she was today is grassland that is being taken over...

She is acting normal now and the bleeding seems to have stopped. earlier she was shaking her head which led me to think something had gotten up her nose. And I was shocked to find her laying on her back belly and legs up. I have never seen a goat lay like that. I thought she was dead at first.

Our Doe was out to brose and we checked on her and she was laying on her back, foaming some from her nose or mouth not sure and definitely bleeding, not gushing, from the nose. She rose up and walked with us to the goat shed and took some water from my hand. She is panting a bit. We do not have...