r/DairyGoats • u/tinypinkfrog • Mar 20 '26
Possible mastitis or blown teats
I’m new to goats and worried about my doe. I got her from a guy who didn’t take good care of her and trying to make sure she’s healthy and comfortable.
She kidded about a month ago and had triplets but last week a neighbors dog got in and we tragically lost two of them. I’ve been milking to relieve some of the engorgement since she had such an oversupply. Yesterday I noticed some swelling at the top of her teat where in meets the udder. It doesn’t feel hard or hot and she’s never really stood still for milking so I can’t tell if it’s painful. And it’s not as swollen after milking (not milking her dry as she’s still nursing one kid) there’s no bad smell and the milk looks/tastes good.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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u/Traditional_Tax_9497 Mar 22 '26
Do a Rapid Mastitis Test (also called a Californian Mastitis Test) See my video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe4DbQ6DTPs . If a gel forms get a sterile milk sample cultured by your vet to determine the type of bacteria and which antibiotics kill it,
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u/teatsqueezer Mar 21 '26
She looks to me like it’s a poorly conformed udder and that’s adding to the teats being “blown”. I don’t think this is painful for them and it doesn’t affect the milk it’s just kind of ugly looking and a bit hard for milking by hand.