New to the forum and keeping sheep. Looking for experienced advice. Have small flock of Hebrideans. Recent snowstorms here (850ft up on the edge of the Pennines) had a ewe develop Pregnancy Toxaemia and Hypocalcaemia. Treated her with Nettex Twin Lamb Rapid and Calciject. Couple of days later she was almost back to her old self and gave birth to twin rams yesterday morning. No intervention. Both lambs took to suckling, both healthy up until mid after noon today when one of the lambs lost all energy and the mother is now pretty much ignoring him. I've tried a dose of kick start with the lamb and tried to get some milk in him but he looks on the way out. Any pearls of wisdom?
Twin Lambs. One not thriving.
- Thread starter Hoggers
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
A 1/2ml dose of Vitecel, 1ml of pen and strep, squirt of Spectam, iodine on navel and a couple of tubes of milk, under a lamp and then it's lap of the gods time. You'll have done as much as can reasonably be expected and there isn't a lot more left in the average shepherd's armoury.
The lamb may be sooking but is he getting anything? A slightly stronger lamb may take all the milk from a ewe who is feeling sub-par and not yet up to speed with full scale milk production.
The lamb may be sooking but is he getting anything? A slightly stronger lamb may take all the milk from a ewe who is feeling sub-par and not yet up to speed with full scale milk production.
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- Location
- north norfolk
check your ewes when they lamb that they've milk in both sides
...if in doubt some artificial colostrum...then lamblac as supplement
...if in doubt some artificial colostrum...then lamblac as supplement
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Most probably the weakest lamb hasn't had enough colostrum. If this is the case then chances of survival are low. You can try as @Longlowdog suggests but don't expect miracles. Most probably the ewe doesn't have enough milk for two by the sound of it I'm afraid.