Long lasting heat?
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:06 am
So I have a doe, yearling, had her first this year. They are two months old. Alpine. No buck here, except a 2 mo old.
She seems to have come into heat, sort of. Baa all day long for the last week or so, but no tail twitching/wagging, no discharge. The other doe, her mother, has not riding her, but pushing her around more than usual. And this morning the mother is acting like a buck, that soft grunt and tongue hanging out, hair on her back raised, pushing her around, but not mounting. They are healthy and well fed and supplied with mineral/salt., on pasture and grain twice a day and some alfalfa hay.
So questions. Is this normal? When in heat before, usually lasts only one or two days in my limited experience. Is it really in heat? It is early in the season for an Alpine I think. I can get a buck easy from the neighbor, should I? It would mean November kids, which wouldn't be bad. Is it likely to take? Is there something else that might cause this, illness of some kind?
Input, opinions form others would be appreciated. Thanks.
She seems to have come into heat, sort of. Baa all day long for the last week or so, but no tail twitching/wagging, no discharge. The other doe, her mother, has not riding her, but pushing her around more than usual. And this morning the mother is acting like a buck, that soft grunt and tongue hanging out, hair on her back raised, pushing her around, but not mounting. They are healthy and well fed and supplied with mineral/salt., on pasture and grain twice a day and some alfalfa hay.
So questions. Is this normal? When in heat before, usually lasts only one or two days in my limited experience. Is it really in heat? It is early in the season for an Alpine I think. I can get a buck easy from the neighbor, should I? It would mean November kids, which wouldn't be bad. Is it likely to take? Is there something else that might cause this, illness of some kind?
Input, opinions form others would be appreciated. Thanks.