I have had some worrisome days. Magnethe is not well. So that has been mostly on my mind this week.<\/p>\n
I had a dentist’s appointment on Tuesday, and afterwards I went to the goats. Magnethe was really sluggish and unresponsive. And it looked like she was flexing her stomach, trying to push something out. Maybe a pregnancy problem or a digestive problem? She’s not supposed to have kids for another month or two. Sigrid said that she thought there wouldn’t be anything living coming out. But I’ve since felt that there might be something alive in there. And Alice said she thought so too. So I’m hoping the kids are okay and that it’s a tummy problem. The last three days I’ve just been keeping her company. Yesterday she barely moved around at all. We wanted to take her inside to get her away from the attention and kids at the playground, but she didn’t want to go inside. And we didn’t want to make her. She found a spot she seemed to like just outside the goat house and she just stood there. Eventually sat down. In the sunshine. She seemed a little better today. I walked around with her. She’d walk a little bit. Stand still. Sit down. Get up and walk a little more. Stand. Sit down. When she sat down I’d sit next to her and scratch her and stroke her back. She was still slow and sluggish, but at least a little more lively. But then we took her temperature and it was too high. The vet had said to watch out for that. So we called the vet to come look at her. He hadn’t been there by the time I left. But I hope he can help her. I’m just mostly scared because of what happened to Vanilje. When she died with the stillborn kid. It’s scary if there’s something wrong with Magnethe’s pregnancy. Maybe she’s too old be having kids now. Alice said as much too. They gave her some medicine to help with digestion, and it seemed that helped a little. So I’m really hoping that’s what it is, and that it’ll get better now. She hasn’t been eating much and that’s obviously a problem for a pregnant goat.<\/p>\n
It’s just very worrying, but I am feeling a little more optimistic now. Hopefully it will all be okay.<\/p>\n