Incomplete abortion sheep. Advice please...

[PhilipB]

A teg, scanned two, aborted one (mummified and Birdlike).

She was not very dilated and prolapsing slightly. I could feel up inside her and could feel the next one, but couldn't get right in or persuade her to do anything.

Jab of antibiotic. Left overnight. The sheep considers herself to be as right as rain and is out in the field, retained placenta dangling from her.

Where do I go from here? Can I leave it to nature and expect it to all be OK?

I'm guessing the answer is "no" but I hate fighting non-dilation.

 

[Yale]

Had a yearling like this a couple of days ago,all day water bags out,10 days off due date.

Tackled her that evening.Ring womb however after a while of persuasion managed to get in.

First lamb dead,probably the cause of her issue,struggled but got it out,next one took some finding as they can be ‘around a corner’ however got it out and it was briefly alive though premature and died immediately.

The aim was to keep the ewe alive to cull which on balance was the right thing to do in this circumstance.

Every one is different.

 

[yellowbelly]

A teg, scanned two, aborted one (mummified and Birdlike).

She was not very dilated and prolapsing slightly. I could feel up inside her and could feel the next one, but couldn't get right in or persuade her to do anything.

Jab of antibiotic. Left overnight. The sheep considers herself to be as right as rain and is out in the field, retained placenta dangling from her.

Where do I go from here? Can I leave it to nature and expect it to all be OK?

I'm guessing the answer is "no" but I hate fighting non-dilation.

Keep the A/B cover going. She'll like as not get rid of the other one in the next few days.

 

[PhilipB]

Keep the A/B cover going. She'll like as not get rid of the other one in the next few days.

Thanks. I'll try that.

 

[PhilipB]

She looked rather glum a couple of days later and I assisted in the delivery of a badly presented, rotten lamb. She's happy again now.

She behaved perfectly, and would have been a credit to the flock, had it not been that she was rather badly grown, needed extra grub before lambing and then had two dead lambs.

 

[neilo]

She looked rather glum a couple of days later and I assisted in the delivery of a badly presented, rotten lamb. She's happy again now.

She behaved perfectly, and would have been a credit to the flock, had it not been that she was rather badly grown, needed extra grub before lambing and then had two dead lambs.

But apart from that...

As good an outcome as you could have hoped for anyway.

 

[yellowbelly]

She looked rather glum a couple of days later and I assisted in the delivery of a badly presented, rotten lamb. She's happy again now.

She behaved perfectly, and would have been a credit to the flock, had it not been that she was rather badly grown, needed extra grub before lambing and then had two dead lambs.

Like @neilo says, that's as good an outcome as you could have - you've got a cull to sell or a ewe to go again next year.

It's not great but it could have been a lot worse. I'm just putting the rifle away having just had to shoot one with a ruptured vaginal prolapse. She wasn't even near enough to lambing to save her lambs