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Yeah that's where my head went first too. Just gave some banamine orally... hoping that it can bring him some relief and that he'll just work out whatever digestive problem he's having by morning? He's chewing his cud now, but it's watery so a lot is just falling...
His rumen is making seemingly normal sounds. He's burping a lot. Breathing and gum color is normal, but he's clearly in pain. It's night here and no vets in my area come our for sheep at night
Hope someone has some advice!
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I have a 5 month old lamb who seems to be coming up lame this evening
Walking around with a hunched back, and laying down every 4 steps or so. Legs don't seem to be painful, so I assume it's something in the gut
He's burping and his side doesn't look distended, but I can feel that his...
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Thanks for your informative and sweet reply! We have a fairground that is far from any wildfire-prone areas and is well equipped to take in hundreds of animals, so at least I know that if I have I time to load them up, I have a safe place to bring them.
A stencil and spray paint is a good...
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I live in California and unfortunately we've had awful fire seasons the last few years. I'm trying to plan ahead with ID'S for my animals just in case we have to turn them loose or bring them to an Evac center.
I just bought a mane tag from I.C.E. USA, which I'll use for my mini horse...
I used to weigh him weekly make sure that he was gaining weight (again, he was a rescue so he came to me skin and bones). I'll start weighing him again. I don't think it's over heating because it hasn't gotten very hot here (yesterday was our first day over 80) and he has lots of shade. I'll try...
Hello! I have a bottle raised lamb who was born in February. I rescued him, so he's the only lamb that I have, but he lives with my goat herd and mini horse. He eats all day and still gets one bottle in the morning. I've been noticing for a while that he had been "cud spilling", but it seems to...