BettaBlossoms
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I've been supplementing the lamb (lets call her Lambila lol) with formula, shes not as good at the bottle as out other bottle baby (Dolly) who is 3 weeks old and smaller than the youngest week old lamb *shakes head* She (Dolly) was starving to death, trying to nurse and just not getting it, her sister is 3 times her size and mostly eating solids, but despite their mom having a huge bag, she has hardly any milk either
We had to do an emergency worming less than a week ago, as my favorite ewe (Josie) refused to come out and eat with the others, I'd been working long day hrs the few days preceding, and my husband did notice something a little off with her the day before, but said she was up and eating later so he shrugged it off.
She is rail thin and white pale hard to tell with all those woolies so she is separated with her lamb in another stall where she doesnt have to compete for food... she still hasnt been finishing her grain, and is eating a little better early today, but this afternoon is listless again, and we've been hitting her up with electrolytes and nutri-drench daily... But all the same her milk has dried up... Her lamb (Lambila) is loosing a tiny bit on condition, but shes taking to the bottle ok, im going to try and make a creep feeder and leave a bowl of formula in there and see if she will drink better that way.. Her mom likes the formula too
Is there a chance she (Josie) will bag up again or is that it? And is there a reason why a ewe (Dolly's mom) would raise one lamb excellently while the other slowly starves? Dolly does still try to nurse off mom after I feed her and throughout the day...
There appears to be NO other issues with our other 3 moms.
We got Josie (who is also big mama's lamb )and Big mama are "new" from oct and from the same place, and our other ewes from another breeder and weve had them a year and a half... Is it possible we just infected our clean flock with something?
We wormed with prohibit and then stripped stalls the next evening and have kept them in for the past few days... No problems with the Ram we got along with the 2 girls, he clearly did his job, and is very healthy...
We had to do an emergency worming less than a week ago, as my favorite ewe (Josie) refused to come out and eat with the others, I'd been working long day hrs the few days preceding, and my husband did notice something a little off with her the day before, but said she was up and eating later so he shrugged it off.
She is rail thin and white pale hard to tell with all those woolies so she is separated with her lamb in another stall where she doesnt have to compete for food... she still hasnt been finishing her grain, and is eating a little better early today, but this afternoon is listless again, and we've been hitting her up with electrolytes and nutri-drench daily... But all the same her milk has dried up... Her lamb (Lambila) is loosing a tiny bit on condition, but shes taking to the bottle ok, im going to try and make a creep feeder and leave a bowl of formula in there and see if she will drink better that way.. Her mom likes the formula too
Is there a chance she (Josie) will bag up again or is that it? And is there a reason why a ewe (Dolly's mom) would raise one lamb excellently while the other slowly starves? Dolly does still try to nurse off mom after I feed her and throughout the day...
There appears to be NO other issues with our other 3 moms.
We got Josie (who is also big mama's lamb )and Big mama are "new" from oct and from the same place, and our other ewes from another breeder and weve had them a year and a half... Is it possible we just infected our clean flock with something?
We wormed with prohibit and then stripped stalls the next evening and have kept them in for the past few days... No problems with the Ram we got along with the 2 girls, he clearly did his job, and is very healthy...