Onalee
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:13:41 -0700
She may have a cold - if they can't smell, they won't eat. I had two lambs get a cold and stopped eating, had to force feed and give antibiotics SQ for 2 or 3 days and then they went back to sucking on their mother as normal. You may also want to give her a small amount of Probios - it won't hurt. Make sure their is no water that the baby can get to, even if they won't suck milk, they will fill up on water for some reason! Onalee In a message dated 4/29/2005 12:56:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Help! I have a lamb about 8 weeks old. She quit eating last Thursday. I started putting mineral oil in small amounts down her nothing. Finally Wednesday we gave her an enema. a small amount came out. But she still won't eat or suck anything. I am forcing milk the last 2 days at 3 1/2 ounces 4 or 4 times a day. She doesn't really act ill. She stretches a fair amount. But no stool or urine that I have seen. She isn't bloating. Any suggestions? She is a wool sheep . The previous owner docked her tail really high. But no problems with that before now. Thanks allot. Nancy _______________________________________________ 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