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Pet lamb with swollen belly

  • 05-04-2016 09:24PM
    #1
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,523 ✭✭✭


    Lads, I have a pet lamb that has suddenly developed a massive swollen belly and now won't drink with the rest of them. Any ideas? They seem to be drinking a lot of milk very fast.


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  • #2
    Jack180570
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭Jack180570


    arctictree wrote: »
    Lads, I have a pet lamb that has suddenly developed a massive swollen belly and now won't drink with the rest of them. Any ideas? They seem to be drinking a lot of milk very fast.

    Check if his bum is working... had a pet lamb 3 years ago like you describe above and I discovered that the problem was that his bum was sealed and couldnt poo... had to put the poor lamb down...


  • #3
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    As above check has he got a bum hole. If he has then get a syringe and squirt a bit of soapy water up it to relieve the blockage. If no bum bring to the vet. It can be opened.


  • #4
    arctictree
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    Think it was bloat. Gave him 40ml of cooking oil and he is fine this morning.

    I think I'm giving them too much milk. 6 of them are drinking 11 litres warm milk a day in 3 feeds. Need to cut that back I think. They range from 3 to 6 weeks old and are bucket fed.


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