AboutGoatlady Expertise Specializing in New Goat Owner understanding of goat physiology, goat anatomy, goat care and herd management. *I am not a veterinarian, any advice and information should be verified by your veterinarian before administering to your goats.
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Experience 18 years experience of raising goats and herd management. Active hands on experience with goat herd and research with various Caprine University Research and Extension Centers nationwide. 15 years dedicated to helping other goat breeders/owners with goat anatomy, goat disease and goat health care issues via phone, published goat care articles and internet interaction. The information I have to offer is not only from personal experience and years of research updated often as new information is made available to me, but supported by many Veterinary Research colleges and all medications and information I have to offer on how the medications work and what dosages "I" use, is information I have acquired by discussing directly with the company's veterinarians and staff research experts.
Organizations 5 year active member of International Veterinary Information Service
Publications United Caprine News, Homesteaders Magazine, Columnist for Goat Magazine, Owner and Author of GoatPedia™
Education/Credentials Graduate Programs in Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Question My pygmy goat which is about 7 years old has never been bred. she lives with her mother and are pets.
I have noticed this summer she has what looks to be milk in her tit. I had the vet over to give shots to my dogs and he looked at the goat and thought it was a hormonal imbalance, he was able to get milk from her teat. He told me to just milk her everyday until its gone and probably give her some penicillin. Well i have been doing this for two days now and it seems like i am getting no where because she has so much milk and it seems to bother her. please advice .
Answer Hi Josie,
Milking her out is not the answer as it only tells her body to make more milk- (supply and demand) I would test her for mastitis and treat her if she comes up positive:
The other thing is a precocious milker - meaning a doe who has not been bred or kidded yet is producing milk. It is rare but does happen: You may want to discuss this with a different vet and see if there is a hormone injection treatment he can give- everything i have read says not to try to milk them or you can create a mastitis situation. It is a basically untapped disorder and no definitive answers have been given.
Are there any goats adjoining the fenced area the goats are in currently or 4 months ago? Goats can and will breed right through a fence if they have a mind to. Just a thought.
