The goaties got in their first real trouble yesterday. Chris had gone down late afternoon to check on everyone and found Bluebelle and Clover on the other side of their pen eating figs. They had that “busted” look about them and knew they were in trouble. So we had some work to do. A little rearranging, hopefully they don’t escape again.
We really like Bluebelle and Clover, but we are contemplating on not keeping them. Kind of breaks my heart because I am already attached, and I know Maggie will be heartbroken. But we are noticing they are very skittish, not very welcoming (not mean, just offish) and our intentions are to milk them. We can’t even just walk up to pet them, how on earth are we going to milk them? So, we have some heavy thinking to do. I think we would prefer to get babies and raise them ourselves so they know us and trust us. Right now I don’t let Maggie in the pen with them. Which is a problem. She needs to go in and help. But I am not comfortable with it.
I think for an experienced person, they would be great. But for noobs like us, it’s not a win-win. And I want these girls to have a good life! We are still thinking it out. Not an easy decision. <sigh>
How old are they? Are they handled often? Can you devote more time to handling them and playing with them? Perhaps they can have kids you can desensitize and train?
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