Enchanted Sunrise Farms
Exploring the pasture
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Okay, i am fairly new to goats. Got a Nigerian Dwarf doe in April, then a wether and bottle baby doe shortly thereafter. Up to this point, there have been occasions when the wether would mount the adult doe, then just kinda nuzzle her. But just a couple days ago, our pen turned into the Playboy Mansion. He started seriously humping the adult doe and then aggressively going after the six-month old. i was going to wait for it to pass, but got tired of seeing him constantly attached to the back end of our little girl. Plus, she was getting pissed. So i took the squirt gun to him until he stopped.
So i'm a little confused. The lady we got the wether from said that he will still mount a doe in heat. But our little girl couldn't be in heat, right? Do castrated male goats go into heat? i've read about males going into rut (i assume that is a male heat). But what would make our wether suddenly get so randy? If this is something that is going to be ongoing, i would just as soon rehome him. We just want a couple goats as pets. Wasn't counting on Wild Kingdom.
So i'm a little confused. The lady we got the wether from said that he will still mount a doe in heat. But our little girl couldn't be in heat, right? Do castrated male goats go into heat? i've read about males going into rut (i assume that is a male heat). But what would make our wether suddenly get so randy? If this is something that is going to be ongoing, i would just as soon rehome him. We just want a couple goats as pets. Wasn't counting on Wild Kingdom.