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Lamb can't get up of his back legs

  • 09-03-2019 3:08pm
    #1
    gaz123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭


    Lamb was born 2 days ago. He's putting his two back legs to the side and trying to get up using his bottom and not using his back legs.

    Its not joint ale

    Looking for help and ideas


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  • #2
    FarmerDougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭FarmerDougal


    gaz123 wrote: »
    Lamb was born 2 days ago. He's putting his two back legs to the side and trying to get up using his bottom and not using his back legs.

    Its not joint ale

    Looking for help and ideas


    Keep him sucking he should come in time


  • #3
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Could it be Swayback?


  • #4
    gaz123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭gaz123


    ganmo wrote: »
    Could it be Swayback?

    I'm not sure but it could be. What can I do for this problem


  • #5
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    gaz123 wrote: »
    I'm not sure but it could be. What can I do for this problem

    Getting copper into him might help but the damage might be too much to revert.
    To prevent in future inject ewes about a month before lambing with copper


  • #6
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,328 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    ganmo wrote: »
    Getting copper into him might help but the damage might be too much to revert.
    To prevent in future inject ewes about a month before lambing with copper

    copper is poisonous to some sheep if they don't need it, surely you'd only use copper if a major percentage of the lambs were affected and postmortem confirmed it


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  • #7
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    wrangler wrote: »
    copper is poisonous to some sheep if they don't need it, surely you'd only use copper if a major percentage of the lambs were affected and postmortem confirmed it

    Every mineral is toxic over a certain level.
    It'd be easier to text the mineral composition of the ground.
    If you're low in copper you'll get other benefits from supplementing it


  • #8
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    We got it in a lamb this year. Too far gone to do anything for him so we put him down


  • #9
    Sheep breeder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Sheep breeder


    Low in vit E and white muscle disease. Find an odd ewe turn up with it once ever so often. A neighbour had a big problem two years ago feeding a nut low in minerals and had to inject every lamb as soon as they hit the ground with vitasel.


  • #10
    drive it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭drive it


    Had a lamb like that last year he would suck and was sound besides but just could not get up on the back legs, brought him to the vet and she gave him copper think it was 1 or 2 ml , he started to get up the next day and he was the only one that had it


  • #11
    gaz123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭gaz123


    Thanks for the replies gents


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