@Woolless we gave it 3 days as the Vet gave us strong antibiotics for 3 days but it hadnt improved at all and was just lying in its own muck etc so we ended up getting it dispatched by the game keeper!!!
Hi, did you ever find out why your lamb went off his legs? I just found a lamb this morning with the same symptoms, i spoke to the vet who said, give it 0.25 mil of metacam and 1 mil penicillin, unlikely its selenium as the lambs only 3 weeks old.Have picked up quite a few lambs lately, who have gone off their back legs. Perfectly healthy lambs 4-6 weeks old, well fed and fine one day. . . . . then next day, complete lack of use of back legs. None have recovered so far . . . . . .
Any ideas?
^^^ +1Haven't reread the thread but I would suspect a spinal abcess or joint ill in the spine.
Some long acting penicillin helped mine, had one lamb nearly made a full recovery.Just had the vet out to one here - 3 week old Wiltshire Horn, perfectly healthy twin which lambed outside. Been jabbed up so will see what it looks like in the morning. Not holding out much hope though
Have picked up quite a few lambs lately, who have gone off their back legs. Perfectly healthy lambs 4-6 weeks old, well fed and fine one day. . . . . then next day, complete lack of use of back legs. None have recovered so far . . . . .
I would like any ideas about this also had a few lambs like thisHave picked up quite a few lambs lately, who have gone off their back legs. Perfectly healthy lambs 4-6 weeks old, well fed and fine one day. . . . . then next day, complete lack of use of back legs. None have recovered so far . . . . . .
Any ideas?
Sounds like swayback to me. I’ve seen lambs look fine then show signs later usually when moving them or gathering.Have picked up quite a few lambs lately, who have gone off their back legs. Perfectly healthy lambs 4-6 weeks old, well fed and fine one day. . . . . then next day, complete lack of use of back legs. None have recovered so far . . . . . .
Any ideas?
For the first time for years we have had some swayback in newborn lambs, never had a lot of bother with copper. Most do seem to have come right though.Sounds like swayback to me. I’ve seen lambs look fine then show signs later usually when moving them or gathering.
Deficiencies are different each year there’s been a lot of sheep in our area deficient in various things this year causing huge numbers of empty ewes on some farms
Are you in a copper deficient area?
Reading the post again, you might be right although it's an unusual presentation it showing up later. I've had a couple of suspects this year, usually put it down to their mothers thinking they're being clever by spitting out their bolusSounds like swayback to me. I’ve seen lambs look fine then show signs later usually when moving them or gathering.
Deficiencies are different each year there’s been a lot of sheep in our area deficient in various things this year causing huge numbers of empty ewes on some farms
Are you in a copper deficient area?
I have a neighbour who had problems this time and it ended up Selinium and Cobalt deficiency which had arisen around tupping time another farm had a big number of ewes empty due to a copper deficiency these folks usually have good percentages which kind of points to the fact that we could probably get away without the bolus and buckets we use most years but there’s always that one that can catch you out.Reading the post again, you might be right although it's an unusual presentation it showing up later. I've had a couple of suspects this year, usually put it down to their mothers thinking they're being clever by spitting out their bolus