Goat Bloat

[frmrgrl685]

I have a 2 month old that keeps getting bloated, I think. Her left side bulges out or she looks fat on both sides. She eats hay and pasture grass. I stopped giving her grains about 4 days ago. She has free choice minerals and backing soda. She is otherwise healthy, eats great (non stop), poop is normal1stlictire is today, he left bulge was huge, I just massaged it and it down. This is from today.

 

[Baymule]

That is the natural expansion of the rumen. Goats and sheep eat until basically they have a full belly, go lay down to ruminate, or cough up a wad, chew their cud, and swallow it back down to continue digestion.

Your goat down not have bloat.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

A lot of times real bloat will cause the rumen to be high more than wide - if that makes sense. The rumen might be level with the back bone or even higher and it will be tight - really, really tight like a drum. The goat will be miserable. You want a big healthy rumen on a goat!

 

[goats&sheep19]

I second what the others have said.
If a goat has bloat, you know about it. They act really sick.
Whereas, all my goats get nice and bulgy looking after a good feed, so much so that my brother thought the same as you!

 

[frmrgrl685]

Thank you so much, I belng to a couple FB groups and they had me so stressed and worried. She isn't in and pain or in any distress. She runs and plays with her sister and climbs all over me. I am a first time goat mama, I bottle fed her and am very attached to her and her sister. This really makes me happy to hear!!