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Ewe down on back legs

  • 19-02-2015 9:07am
    #1
    Username John
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    Hello all,

    So - when I went out to check the ewes this morning, I found one that couldn't get up. She seemed to be unable to use her back legs, she was trying to drag herself along on the front legs.

    She is about 5 weeks from lambing, carrying two lambs.

    I moved them to good young grass at the weekend (maybe too good?), so I wasn't going to start feeding them ration til the weekend... They are getting a small bit of beet as well, but this is as much to make it easier for me to see em in the morning, as they all come over to the tractor for the beet...

    I brought her in anyways, and put her in a pen in the shed.

    At first I suspected twin lamb, but she doesn't seem that sick, she picked away at nuts I gave her, and then started picking away at the hay I put in. So she seems to have an appetite...
    I gave her some stimulex powder I had as well, just to make sure she was getting enough...

    What do ye think?
    Is it twin lamb, or could it be something else?


Comments

  • #2
    AnFeirmeoir
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    id say it is twin lambs.. keep her hydrated.


  • #3
    Username John
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    AnFeirmeoir wrote: »
    id say it is twin lambs.. keep her hydrated.

    Cheers... and to worry was that I was over-feeding em... :o

    Jesus, its always something ha... :rolleyes:


  • #4
    Cran
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    Username John wrote: »
    Cheers... and to worry was that I was over-feeding em... :o

    Jesus, its always something ha... :rolleyes:

    It might be calcium issue, if has smell on breath probably twin lamb


  • #5
    Username John
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    Cran wrote: »
    It might be calcium issue, if has smell on breath probably twin lamb

    I didn't notice a smell, but to be honest, I didn't check either. Will do this eve.


  • #6
    greysides
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    Username John wrote: »
    I didn't notice a smell, but to be honest, I didn't check either. Will do this eve.
    Not everyone can get that smell... genetics. Give calcium too.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

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  • #7
    Username John
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    How much calcium would you give a ewe?

    Latest update is she is still down, but making some attempt to get up.
    She ate some ration during the day, plus ivy, and ate a bit more ration that I gave her there again this evening.

    I gave her a bit more of that stimulux stuff there now, so we'll see what she's like later.

    She is as big as a house though - I know when they are heavy in lamb, they look big when lying down. But for a ewe with 4-5 weeks still left to go, she is looking fierce big...


  • #8
    greysides
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    50-100ml Ca to a ewe subcut. Warm up first and rub in.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #9
    Willfarman
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    Username John wrote: »
    How much calcium would you give a ewe?

    Latest update is she is still down, but making some attempt to get up.
    She ate some ration during the day, plus ivy, and ate a bit more ration that I gave her there again this evening.

    I gave her a bit more of that stimulux stuff there now, so we'll see what she's like later.

    She is as big as a house though - I know when they are heavy in lamb, they look big when lying down. But for a ewe with 4-5 weeks still left to go, she is looking fierce big...

    I give 40 Mls under belly skin


  • #10
    razor8
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    Minimum 100ml for a big sheep IMO


  • #11
    razor8
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    Minimum 100ml for a big sheep IMO


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