mydakota
Ridin' The Range
I have a Boer/Nubian cross doe who freshened for the first time this year. Her udder has always been kind of hard and lumpy compared to my other does. She has always been fine with her kids nursing her. I have milked her a little bit and she has allowed it. She was crabby about it at first, but not more than any other doe who had never been milked (I don't think). The last time I tried to milk her, she acted like it was uncomfortable. I felt her teats and now it seems like there is a lump in her actual teat (on the right side only). I decided I would not milk her until either that went away or I knew what it was and that it wouldn't hurt her. She has been CAE tested within the last year and was negative. She is not running a temp, nor does she seem otherwise sick. Her appetite is excellent. Her udder is just........odd. Not like my other does at all. Does this ring any bells with you guys?
ETA--She has been this way since her milk first came in. I have those paper mastitis tests with the little yellow dots on them, and she never has tested positive using one. She has never had any clots or blood in her milk either. My gut doesn't say "mastitis", but it does say that something isn't normal.
ETA--She has been this way since her milk first came in. I have those paper mastitis tests with the little yellow dots on them, and she never has tested positive using one. She has never had any clots or blood in her milk either. My gut doesn't say "mastitis", but it does say that something isn't normal.
