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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
September 25, 2011 10:47 AM Post #8823358
| I went out to milk this morning and found my little bottle kid, Bobbie, had passed during the early morning hours. It appears to have been bloat that took her. I noticed for a few days that her little belly was a bit big but I figured it was because she liked to eat so much. She had been weaned and she was a little chow hound. I am going to miss her so much. She was given to me as an orphaned 2 week old and she thought I was her momma. I could "talk"to her and she would come running to me. She was a little beauty too. 
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DonnaB
Vancleave, MS (Zone 8b)
September 25, 2011 4:19 PM Post #8823684
| oh so sorry. You get so attached when you hand raise |
ZZsBabiez
Lodi, CA (Zone 9b)
September 25, 2011 5:15 PM Post #8823768
| Awww I'm so sorry. :( Cute lil buggar!!
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Illig1
Redwood City, CA
September 25, 2011 6:51 PM Post #8823987
| So sorry. That must have been very upsetting, especially how sweet she was. |
jylgaskin
Williamsburg, MI (Zone 4b)
September 25, 2011 7:35 PM Post #8824037
| So sorry. Sometimes there just isn't enough warning with ruminants. I know how tricky the weaning period is from the fawns.
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
September 25, 2011 8:00 PM Post #8824073
| Woolene was starting to look the same as Bobbie so I gave her some pepto and some MOM. I checked her later and her stomach was soft and smaller. |
Eufaula
Eatonton, GA (Zone 8b)
September 26, 2011 4:57 AM Post #8824323
| Awww Cajun Im so sorry. I love baby goats, well I love all goats , wish I had a bigger fenced in area for some of my own. Yep the little bottle raised ones can "bloat" really fast, you have to keep a close eye on them when they start solid feed. Be sure that the feed isnt souring with all this heat and humidity, that could do it too! |
titaniumRX8
Mint Hill, NC (Zone 7b)
September 26, 2011 4:52 PM Post #8825550
| Awww that's sad. |
Light_for_Jesus
(Zone 6b)
September 26, 2011 4:56 PM Post #8825554
| I am sorry for your loss too. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
September 29, 2011 11:08 AM Post #8829309
| I had to dose Woolene twice but she looks fine now. I think they were eating too much. I keep the feed in the house so I know it's not the feed. I have cut their feed way down and they get all the hay they want now. |
Eufaula
Eatonton, GA (Zone 8b)
September 30, 2011 7:12 AM Post #8830308
| Good Going Gal! |
DonnaB
Vancleave, MS (Zone 8b)
October 2, 2011 8:33 PM Post #8833556
| is she still doing good??? |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
October 5, 2011 5:56 AM Post #8836778
| Looks to be doing fine. Thanks for asking.
I had a doe and buck kid sold but the guy can't get them now because he dropped some trees on his fence. Grrr I will keep the doe because I lost Bobbie and I will go ahead and band the buck. I can still sell him as a weed eater or a pet or just use him myself. He is a gentle little guy.
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