Alison
Chillin' with the herd
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I have a doe that kidded two or three years ago. Her baby was stillborn, so I hand milked for about a year. She would never dry up. Even when I finally stopped milking, she would sort of stop producing SO MUCH milk, but never really dry. Then out of nowhere she would fully bag up again. No buck in sight.
About 4 months ago she got sick and I discovered mastitis. I treated and it resolved, I thought. About 4 days ago I noticed one side of her udder looked funny. I wasn’t fully engorged, but was rock hard. I took a culture (waiting on results) and started treating with Pirsue, LA-200, heat and massage, Vit C. She doesn’t have a fever and is eating fine. She mostly tolerates me messing with her udder, unless there is a plug and I have to get a little more aggressive to get it out.
When I apply heat and massage the hard clumps break up and stringy, chunky stuff comes out. My question is what is that stuff? Is it pus?
About 4 months ago she got sick and I discovered mastitis. I treated and it resolved, I thought. About 4 days ago I noticed one side of her udder looked funny. I wasn’t fully engorged, but was rock hard. I took a culture (waiting on results) and started treating with Pirsue, LA-200, heat and massage, Vit C. She doesn’t have a fever and is eating fine. She mostly tolerates me messing with her udder, unless there is a plug and I have to get a little more aggressive to get it out.
When I apply heat and massage the hard clumps break up and stringy, chunky stuff comes out. My question is what is that stuff? Is it pus?