And she probably was. She would arch her back, tucking her tailbone under. She would stand alone and stretch. She pawed the ground, got down, got up, got down. But she was faking. I don't know how we would know she was faking, except that the babies didn't come for another week. And that's a little too long for a goat to be in labor without any complications. But she did get a lot of attention out of the whole ordeal...so maybe that was her end-game.
The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life, sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that binds us all together.
- Erma Bombeck
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Lilo's False Labor
So there was some confusion about when Lilo was actually due. And I think in hindsight, I'd follow the gal who had her when she was bred. But it really looked like Lilo was in labor.
And she probably was. She would arch her back, tucking her tailbone under. She would stand alone and stretch. She pawed the ground, got down, got up, got down. But she was faking. I don't know how we would know she was faking, except that the babies didn't come for another week. And that's a little too long for a goat to be in labor without any complications. But she did get a lot of attention out of the whole ordeal...so maybe that was her end-game.
And she probably was. She would arch her back, tucking her tailbone under. She would stand alone and stretch. She pawed the ground, got down, got up, got down. But she was faking. I don't know how we would know she was faking, except that the babies didn't come for another week. And that's a little too long for a goat to be in labor without any complications. But she did get a lot of attention out of the whole ordeal...so maybe that was her end-game.
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