Fullhousefarm
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So my original thread was this:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/sheep-help-not-eating-and-weak.39261/
We took the 8 week old lamb to the vet (Monday) and he thought she had eaten something she shouldn’t based on X-ray. Was treated with abx, IV fluids, light dose of banamine, Bose, and oral meds to push anything out. Also had a 104 fever that she didn’t have that morning. She improved that night and kept peeing and pooping normally- but nothing passed and her poop didn’t even get soft. X-ray the next day (Tuesday ) showed huge improvement. She’s been back to normal except the weakness in back end. She’s eating, drinking, no fever and she’s off all meds except an extra 100mls of fluids with B complex once a day. She can stand for a few minutes once we get her up. She scoots around some.
Any suggestions? Can she lose muscle tone from laying down one day when ill? (She was up initially even when she had the fever) We are making her stand multiple times a day and for 1-2 hour every morning we have her standing over a small chair for support when I’m milking and doing chores.
She’s an 8 week old Hampshire that we’ve raised on goat milk. Her twin brother is unaffected. They are on sheep feed, browsing grass, 6oz goat milk bottles 2x a day (down from 16 oz until last week). She was 27lb Monday.
https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/sheep-help-not-eating-and-weak.39261/
We took the 8 week old lamb to the vet (Monday) and he thought she had eaten something she shouldn’t based on X-ray. Was treated with abx, IV fluids, light dose of banamine, Bose, and oral meds to push anything out. Also had a 104 fever that she didn’t have that morning. She improved that night and kept peeing and pooping normally- but nothing passed and her poop didn’t even get soft. X-ray the next day (Tuesday ) showed huge improvement. She’s been back to normal except the weakness in back end. She’s eating, drinking, no fever and she’s off all meds except an extra 100mls of fluids with B complex once a day. She can stand for a few minutes once we get her up. She scoots around some.
Any suggestions? Can she lose muscle tone from laying down one day when ill? (She was up initially even when she had the fever) We are making her stand multiple times a day and for 1-2 hour every morning we have her standing over a small chair for support when I’m milking and doing chores.
She’s an 8 week old Hampshire that we’ve raised on goat milk. Her twin brother is unaffected. They are on sheep feed, browsing grass, 6oz goat milk bottles 2x a day (down from 16 oz until last week). She was 27lb Monday.