Richard
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:39:23 -0700
Diane, I am so glad you found her. You need to guard against pneumonia with an antibiotic. I think a bit of massaging would help, like you did with the toweling. Your story is all too scary. Best to you in your effort. Those little ones, once they get independent there's no telling what they will get into. But I too, believe we need to listen to those promptings we get. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blackbelly List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:53 PM Subject: [blackbelly] lamb emergency!! > Yesterday I noticed one of the ewes was missing one of her twins. I asked her where it was... she > looked at me funny. I talked to Jenny, the guardian donkey, to see if she'd allowed something to > come in & make off with one of her charges. She wiggled her ears. > I looked around yesterday, in the favorite sheep haunts, along the fence line & in the more wild > areas to find her. No such luck. Tonight I went out looking again. No luck. > I sat in a lawn chair on the hill, watching everyone graze, wondering what happened to the baby. I > watched buzzards circling... but they were no where near my property. > > About 7:30 I gave up & headed back to the barn & house. I decided to open up the enclosure that I > had the large round bales of hay in, so that the crew could finish it off. I took a handful of the > most green looking stuff to throw in the pea pen. (Which is butted up against the barn.) As I walked > over there the thought crossed my mind that I never checked BEHIND the barn & with my luck, I'd find > her there. > > I looked over & saw the piece of dog run fencing that I'd noticed had falled over on Sunday. There, > smashed under the chain link was a lamb body. I went back to feeding the peas, when I noticed > MOVEMENT. She wasn't dead!! > > IF ONLY I'D LISTEN TO MYSELF WHEN I FIRST THINK! When i saw that piece of fence down yesterday I > thought "better go set that back up before someone gets hurt"... AND I DIDN'T DO IT! > AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh! IDIOT! <----from Napoleon Dynamite > If I'd listened to myself when I didn't see Spottie last week.. She'd still be here!! DARN IT!! > > I grabbed her up, she'd been kicking the dirt under the fence as she lay on her side... she was in a > lamb shaped indentation. I tried to get her to stand... no luck.. just kicking... I don't think her > brain is really aware that she's not trapped. I took her to the trough & offered her some water, she > drank 3 swallows. Her neck is bent, in the shape of the indentation she made. Nothing seems to be > broken, there's some hair missing off one front leg where it rubbed against the chain link. > > By the time I got her up to the house it was after 8... farm stores all closed. I have lactated > ringer solution... but no drip kit. I do have a humungus syringe tho, and could give her ringers sub > Q to re-hydrate her. I offered her water, she drank a little bit. I cleaned her off with warm water > and vigorously yet gently ;-) towel dried her. Right now she's laying in the kitchen, on a towel, > wrapped in a towel with one of the dogs' teddy bears as a pillow. I have her lying so the side that > was down as she was trapped is now up. Her neck is c shaped, with the open part of c facing the > floor (that's why she needs a pillow). She's resting, I've seen her cough up a bit of cud to chew > twice. Ooops, three times. > Oh, I also gave her a couple squirts of Sheep Nutri Drench... electolytes, minerals, glucose. > > Suggestions on how to help her make it thru the night? > > Thanks!! > > Diane > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info > http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info