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Suspected Twin Lamb Disease

  • 11-03-2013 12:15am
    #1
    13Ballymore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Hi everyone, I have a ewe scanned with twins who refuses to eat. I split the feeding morning and night and today both times she refused to eat. She was standing beside the trough not interested in it at all. Normally she would knock you down for nuts. This is my first year of keeping sheep properly. Am I over-reacting. If not, what can I do to solve it.


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  • #2
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    13Ballymore wrote: »
    Hi everyone, I have a ewe scanned with twins who refuses to eat. I split the feeding morning and night and today both times she refused to eat. She was standing beside the trough not interested in it at all. Normally she would knock you down for nuts. This is my first year of keeping sheep properly. Am I over-reacting. If not, what can I do to solve it.
    You can get liquid lectade for sheep which keeps them going through times they're off their food, it,s actually vital that they get something like that to keep them going if they're not eating


  • #3
    13Ballymore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭13Ballymore


    Yeah thanks got it this morning. I gave it to her around 12 and put her in the shed. She's picking at a bit of hay so hopefully she'll be grand.


  • #4
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    13Ballymore wrote: »
    Yeah thanks got it this morning. I gave it to her around 12 and put her in the shed. She's picking at a bit of hay so hopefully she'll be grand.
    Give it to her three times a day until she's eating, how much does she get...is it around 100ml...it makes them thirsty so make sure she has clean water


  • #5
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    rancher wrote: »
    Give it to her three times a day until she's eating, how much does she get...is it around 100ml...it makes them thirsty so make sure she has clean water

    Something like that, I give 100 but just I just use glycerine.


  • #6
    13Ballymore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭13Ballymore


    Yeah I give her 100ml. Will do it 3 times daily.


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  • #7
    hedgecutting eddie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭hedgecutting eddie


    Give her 2eggs and milk plus get a packet of rumen booster from the vet and mix it all up


  • #8
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    hedgecutting eddie wrote: »
    Give her 2eggs and milk plus get a packet of rumen booster from the vet and mix it all up

    This is what I make up for TLD, got it from a book years ago and it seems to work well, I make up 5 litres but I'll give you ingredients for 1 litre,
    600ml glycerine
    125g glucose
    50g sea salt
    50g bread soda
    25g table salt
    100ml calcium lactate

    120ml three times/day
    before you ask, I've forgotten where I got the calcium lactate, but you can leave it out, its just a pick up


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