paralised lamb

eorna

have a lamb with back legs paralised..is not sick as such and he is eating and in good form apart from being unable to stand..i never had this before..will he recover?? or is he a lost cause?? anybody had that before?? thanks

horsemad

Had one earlier in the year healty out but could not stand played with him for a week and when he got no better with the legs put him down

chawhorya

Sounds like schmallensberg to me, we had a lamb the same way a few months back. I was going to put him down but he had died off himself after a few day, if it is he won't get better so fingers crossed its something else

eorna

thanks, that lamb was born in march and was perfect, only gone like that last week..big lamb it is too...

Conmaicne Mara

Looks fine, sucks ewe, bleats, uses front legs fine, but drags his backs legs behind him?

DMAXMAN

eorna wrote: »

have a lamb with back legs paralised..is not sick as such and he is eating and in good form apart from being unable to stand..i never had this before..will he recover?? or is he a lost cause?? anybody had that before?? thanks

sounds a bit like swayback,which is from a copper deficiency in mid pregnancy in ewes.

eorna

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Looks fine, sucks ewe, bleats, uses front legs fine, but drags his backs legs behind him?

that's spot on..all power gone from back legs. i took him away from ewe so takes the bottle instead but everything else working grand.. I leave him in the yard during the day and she grazes away chewing the cud..sits like a dog...drags legs behind..she is probably around 25-30 kg

Conmaicne Mara

eorna wrote: »

that's spot on..all power gone from back legs. i took him away from ewe so takes the bottle instead but everything else working grand.. I leave him in the yard during the day and she grazes away chewing the cud..sits like a dog...drags legs behind..she is probably around 25-30 kg

Seen two similar to that before, tick caused abscess on the spine. Bad news is neither survived. I'm not saying that's what's up with your lamb, but it sounds closest to what I've seen in my limited experience. Might be worth having the vet take a look if s/he is handy, seeing as the lamb is handy.

eorna

abscess in spine or some spine problem is what came to my mind when i saw it first alright...might give the vet a ring although sounds like a big ish job, hard to solve, if you know what i mean :eek::eek::eek:

the al kid

eorna,

almost certain to be a spinal abscess.If it was swayback it would have an earlier onset and more would be affected.There is no cure for this condition.My advice would be to cut your losses on him and not let him suffer.Will develop sores from dragging legs behind .

Al

Conmaicne Mara

eorna wrote: »

abscess in spine or some spine problem is what came to my mind when i saw it first alright...might give the vet a ring although sounds like a big ish job, hard to solve, if you know what i mean :eek::eek::eek:

I was more suggesting the vet to confirm or deny really, I fear the news won't be good. Just in the hope it's something else more than anything.

razor8

any developments since?

Manoffeeling

Hope your paralysed lamb is better

eorna

lamb is dead :mad:. didn't need to contact the vet:D..