SterlingSatin
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so, i tried to get pictures of her teats, but it didn't work too well, so i'll post them, but i'll also describe in detail
this doe has had 7 litters, never had a problem, never been sick a day in her life. but for the past 3 months, she's had 2 abnormally large teats. at first i thought it was mastitis, but it cropped up when she didn't have a litter with her (for the first time in her short 3 or 4 years), and it never progressed. it doesn't look like mastits, the teats are very large but not red, nor are they tender. but its like they are inflated with air. they are slightly transparent, and 2-3 times the size of a normal teat. she has 8 teats, but only her top right one and her 3rd left one are affected. the other teats are normal. she doesn't seem sensitive to it at all, the teats are not red at all, never have been. the top right teat is the bigger of the two. if you run your finger down it, you can feel this long thick teat, but you can feel it under her skin too. about an inch long total. the other teat is big too but you can't feel it under the skin. they are both kind of curved and pretty pale, although it doesn't look like it in the photos. there is no way a kit could nurse off of either teat. she has been without kits for 6-8 months now. before that she had a litter very regularly. wean at 8 weeks, rebreed. i can't figure out what this is. they are definitely not infected, no way its mastitis, they aren't getting worse or getting better for 3 months. any ideas?
this doe has had 7 litters, never had a problem, never been sick a day in her life. but for the past 3 months, she's had 2 abnormally large teats. at first i thought it was mastitis, but it cropped up when she didn't have a litter with her (for the first time in her short 3 or 4 years), and it never progressed. it doesn't look like mastits, the teats are very large but not red, nor are they tender. but its like they are inflated with air. they are slightly transparent, and 2-3 times the size of a normal teat. she has 8 teats, but only her top right one and her 3rd left one are affected. the other teats are normal. she doesn't seem sensitive to it at all, the teats are not red at all, never have been. the top right teat is the bigger of the two. if you run your finger down it, you can feel this long thick teat, but you can feel it under her skin too. about an inch long total. the other teat is big too but you can't feel it under the skin. they are both kind of curved and pretty pale, although it doesn't look like it in the photos. there is no way a kit could nurse off of either teat. she has been without kits for 6-8 months now. before that she had a litter very regularly. wean at 8 weeks, rebreed. i can't figure out what this is. they are definitely not infected, no way its mastitis, they aren't getting worse or getting better for 3 months. any ideas?