Lamb pain relief

[daithi]

I had a ewe lamb last night. Difficult lambing head out and a lot of pulling.
Can I give the lamb flunixin? or is there anything else I can give for pain relief.

 

[scatterbrainedlass]

Does the lamb appear to be in pain? I'd be more concerned about the ewe tbh

 

[Man_in_black]

What makes you think lamb in pain? Is lamb lively? Moving about ok? I'd AB & metacam meloxidyl ewe.

 

[daithi]

I gave the ewe flunixin last night she seems fine. The lambs head was swollen but now is receding. We had to pull very hard on one leg and neck. The lamb is starting to come round now but slow to get up.
Just wondering for future reference

 

[bovine]

We use any of the cattle painkillers in sheep. Generally at the same dose.

I prefer meloxicam (Metacam/Loxicom) or carprofen (Rimadyl/Norocarp) to flunixin as they probably act longer

 

[David.]

Was told the other day to beware dose rate with Flunixin because it is hard on the kidneys?

 

[bovine]

Was told the other day to beware dose rate with Flunixin because it is hard on the kidneys?

It can be. It wouldn't be my first choice in either cattle or sheep. I use it IV in sick animals and follow up with something else.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

What is the dose rate for loxicom for a ewe? I've been giving 1ml, or 1.5ml to the bigger ewes but reading another thread I'm not sure that is enough.

 

[Al R]

I gave the ewe flunixin last night she seems fine. The lambs head was swollen but now is receding. We had to pull very hard on one leg and neck. The lamb is starting to come round now but slow to get up.
Just wondering for future reference

We have some massive pulls (20lb+) with 1 legs, I bent 2 spray cans yesterday with the rope. We give 100-150ml of cows colostrum depending on size of lamb, if head has been out long and slightly swelled but not a big pull or havnt had to pull can be between 60-150ml to reduced swelling and keep them energetic.

 

[Paddington]

We have a two week old cade lamb in with the ewes and lambs, she comes readily to the bottle but tries to get free feeds and received several kicks three days ago after which she was grinding her teeth. Gave her 0.5ml of Metacam which seemed to work but today she is grinding again. Can she be given further doses ?

 

[primmiemoo]

We have a two week old cade lamb in with the ewes and lambs, she comes readily to the bottle but tries to get free feeds and received several kicks three days ago after which she was grinding her teeth. Gave her 0.5ml of Metacam which seemed to work but today she is grinding again. Can she be given further doses ?

Metacam works for three days, so if she's still in pain, then give a further dose.
Was she knocked against something when kicked? It takes a lot of pain for a sheep to tooth grind, poor little thing.

 

[Lili]

It can be worth gently rubbing a lambs swollen head with an old towel. Seems to get the circulation going and reduce the swelling quicker.