gcarmack2001
Exploring the pasture
So much wonderful advice! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! We have not changed the food and the hay is not moldy. We do give them grain specially for sheep/lambs.
I got a fecal sample ready to take to the vet and then found out they need fresh,moist and about a tablespoon ... how do you do that with diarrhea?Anyway .. I will continue to work on gathering the sample!
On top of this issue I am concerned that the ewe is not allowing the lambs to feed( another potential issue??) It is very difficult to get close to her as she as always been easily frightened but i will also continue to get a milk sample. I am going to give the smallest one with the worst scours a milk replacer with kefir. for a few more days... I have also not seen him drink water so i will also be giving him multi species electrolyes supplement. I will be back in touch soon.
I also want to say that if an animal has been having diarrhea long enough, parasites might not appear on a fecal even if they're loaded with them. I have a feeling it's coccidia by the way it's spreading to the rest of your lambs.
I googled the normal temperature for a sheep and it's 100.9-103.8, so it's normal, indicating no infection or stomach problems. I'd collect a fecal from one with diarrhea and also one from another that isn't having diarrhea but is showing symptoms.
If coccidia is the problem don't try stopping the diarrhea. Diarrhea is a way for toxins to leave the body, so having diarrhea helps the coccidia leave the body faster. If they continue having diarrhea several days after treatments are over I'd suspect something else might be going on, like barber pole worms.