JwPond
Exploring the pasture
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Hi, I haven’t posted on here before, but I have a situation I could use some advice on. On 2-25-19, my Katahdin Ewe, Matilda bore triplets. Six days later, a neighbors dog got into my field and viciously attacked her in the sheep fold. At first, I thought she was dead, but she got up after I kicked the dog out. I called the vet, and he asked if they were flesh wounds. There was blood but the gashes didn’t seem too deep, so he said to give her a shot of penicillin and to spray her wounds with blue coat. I did. The next day, I called another vet because she was limping on her front leg. The vet gave me about 5 preloaded syringes with anti-inflammatory medicine, and we gave her a shot but then didn’t give her another one till about 4 days later. Yesterday I noticed that she is finally laying down a lot more, and today I noticed that she seems to be breathing especially heavy. I haven’t seen her lambs nursing on her too much, and they are just laying down with her. I should also mention that I started bottle feeding one of the lambs shortly after the attack because it was the smallest and seemed to be getting pushed away when she would try to feed, but the other two have been doing ok up till now. I’ve spent money on meds but I’m getting tapped out, and I’m worried that she may be getting exhausted trying to heal while still trying to feed her lambs. I’m an amateur at this. I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know what to do. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Thank you, Jane