https://youtu.be/mig7NGty2qc?si=36Jb9_J9CKuvf1Ab

Ok. We got a doe & buck Nigerian Dwarf goats in May. Our doe kidded the day after Christmas. She has only ever had a single kid at a time. She had three this time & was only kind of interested in one of the kids & left the other two to die & then lost interest in the first. One of the two that she immediately rejected had an umbilical hernia with prolapsed intestines. We took him to a large animal vet to see if we could save him, but we weren’t successful. The other two, which are doelings, are in the house with us & we started them on colostrum replacer & then transitioned them to whole cow’s milk (mama won’t let us near her - she’s a rescue & is still incredibly skittish). We’ve tried to reintroduce the babies to her quite a few times but she kicks them away & runs off. So now the doelings are getting rambunctious & energetic - we put them in a very large dog crate when we’re gone. But leave them out & watch them closely when we’re home. That being said, they’re starting to chew on anything they can get their mouths on. Is this a situation where we need to get a large enclosure that we can keep them in & just not have anything available for them to potentially chew on? Or are there some other things that you’ve done that was successful in keeping them safe but also plenty of room to be baby goats?

Interesting how he got her color palette. The brother (not in the picture) is almost solid red.

Our Nigerian doe gave birth to 3 kids last Friday. First two completely fine. Runt was rejected by mother so we brought her inside. Wasn’t feeding well so we started her on whole milk. First few days were rough. She couldn’t seem to regulate temperature. Feeding well now, normal poop(no diarrhea) peeing as well. She just can’t seem to stand. Please help. Goat is otherwise alert and gaining weight.