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Best way to rear Orphan Lambs
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<blockquote data-quote="Longlowdog" data-source="post: 4939474" data-attributes="member: 395"><p>If the wee lamb is healthy and full a lamp would not be necessary. If he is weary then it may get him over the rough patch. A few pallets with plastic stapled to them would make a draft proof pen in the corner of a shed. If the neighbours cat is a problem pop a chicken wire roof over him. </p><p> You want to stimulate his metabolism, too cosy and they get lazy and just lie under the lamp like lumps of lard. </p><p> A single pet is a pain, they need company and competition to develop normally or you end up with a head butting liability with no respect for humans. You could maybe foster him out to someone rearing a few more if you pay his keep in milk powder or just stick him on Facebook free to collect. He may end up at the mart as a fat lamb but you say he's parrot mouthed so he's not a keeper really is he?</p><p> Any pet would benefit from a squirt of Spectam to prevent watery mouth and other bugs lambs in confinement seem to pick up for fun. </p><p> I've never had a lamb in the house. There are various protocols to follow for hyperthermic lambs depending on how far down the line they are but they should be fully recovered in 4 hours and able to thrive in pretty much any UK temperature if they are healthy and have a full belly, are not wet, or in a heat sapping draft. I lambed my Oxfords a number of years back at -24 and once they were dry they just got on with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longlowdog, post: 4939474, member: 395"] If the wee lamb is healthy and full a lamp would not be necessary. If he is weary then it may get him over the rough patch. A few pallets with plastic stapled to them would make a draft proof pen in the corner of a shed. If the neighbours cat is a problem pop a chicken wire roof over him. You want to stimulate his metabolism, too cosy and they get lazy and just lie under the lamp like lumps of lard. A single pet is a pain, they need company and competition to develop normally or you end up with a head butting liability with no respect for humans. You could maybe foster him out to someone rearing a few more if you pay his keep in milk powder or just stick him on Facebook free to collect. He may end up at the mart as a fat lamb but you say he's parrot mouthed so he's not a keeper really is he? Any pet would benefit from a squirt of Spectam to prevent watery mouth and other bugs lambs in confinement seem to pick up for fun. I've never had a lamb in the house. There are various protocols to follow for hyperthermic lambs depending on how far down the line they are but they should be fully recovered in 4 hours and able to thrive in pretty much any UK temperature if they are healthy and have a full belly, are not wet, or in a heat sapping draft. I lambed my Oxfords a number of years back at -24 and once they were dry they just got on with it. [/QUOTE]
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