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Lamb with Bloat

EP90 · 2013-05-06 10:32:21

I have two orphan bottle fed ram lambs at just over 4 weeks old. They take milk, lamb crunch, hay, no problem and housed inside. Over the last week I have introduced them to a grass paddock of very short grass (lawn) for just an hour, but each time the smaller of the two gets bloat, three times now. Other than keep him off…

06-05-2013 11:32AM

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I have two orphan bottle fed ram lambs at just over 4 weeks old. They take milk, lamb crunch, hay, no problem and housed inside. Over the last week I have introduced them to a grass paddock of very short grass (lawn) for just an hour, but each time the smaller of the two gets bloat, three times now. Other than keep him off grass and introducing some cut grass into his lamb crunch any other ideas to get him feeding on grass?

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