Babies coming slowly

We're waiting out a first-time doe this evening. She was due to deliver today and had a single on the wire this morning, dead on arrival. Although the doe seemed pretty calm as though she were finished, we palpated her. Sure enough, there was at least one more undelivered.

So we waited.

Does can go late and we don't generally bother one until she's at least 3 days past her due date. (This assumes that I am very sure about the breeding date.) At 3-4 days, if nothing has happened, we palpate her again. Once in a while, she's re-absorbed babies.

If she is pregnant, we will then re-breed her to a buck. Often that stimulation from the breeding will induce labor. If that hasn't worked by the next day, we will try oxytocin. Now we're not veterinarians and we're not recommending this, because we can't. I'm just telling you what we do.

We give 0.2 cc oxytocin subcutaneously. Usually the first dose starts labor but we are willing to give a second dose a half hour after the first dose. We stay with the doe for at least an hour when we do this because she will invariably deliver babies on the wire. We have to be there to have any chance of saving babies born on the wire.

But we're not expecting live babies at this point. Our goal is to get the babies delivered. A retained baby can poison the mother or, if somehow mummified, prevent future pregnancies.

Others massage the mother's tummy to stimulate labor or use different herbs or natural treatments. Those are good ideas but we're not experts on those. If you use any, would you post those here? I'm always looking for new ideas.