Youngfarmer2019
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He’s honestly probably still nervous…one of my new sheep wouldn’t touch the pellets for DAYS after I brought her home (all of our sheep or grass fed but I offer pellets to build trust the first couple of weeks)
2024-2025 Market Lamb
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SageHill
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Guessing you’ve tried just plain ol’ alfalfa flakes.
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Yep. He eats very little of it but I can get him to eat some
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Update:
Last night he was awful. I really thought we were at the end. We want given an anti-inflammatory and B12. He got fancy electrolytes for horses that he absolutely hated. He has a 105.5 fever. And was pooping liquid.
This morning he was alert and moving around. His poop was more solid and the fever went down to 104.1 . I am so happy he pushed though. He ate hay and some grass this morning. He got more electrolytes that he kicked me while giving to him.
We are talking this one step at a time and will call the vet if more progress isn’t made.
Last night he was awful. I really thought we were at the end. We want given an anti-inflammatory and B12. He got fancy electrolytes for horses that he absolutely hated. He has a 105.5 fever. And was pooping liquid.
This morning he was alert and moving around. His poop was more solid and the fever went down to 104.1 . I am so happy he pushed though. He ate hay and some grass this morning. He got more electrolytes that he kicked me while giving to him.
We are talking this one step at a time and will call the vet if more progress isn’t made.
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SageHill
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Hoping he keeps improving. Dang - you keep having more “Learning experiences” - it shouldn’t be that hard. You deserve some fun things.
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Me too. He is starting to improve. I think his fever is going to brake soon. It’s at 106 tonight. He ate feed and hay today. Poop is like dog poop consistency.
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Baymule
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Have you tried B vitamin shots or paste? It will perk him up.
One of my lambs scoured and I mixed apple cider vinegar half and half with honey. I drenched her with 10 ml twice, 2 hours apart and the scours stopped. I use the ACV and honey on myself when I get diarrhea or even food poisoning. The ACV kills bad gut bacteria and not the beneficial bacteria and the honey is anti-viral.
One of my lambs scoured and I mixed apple cider vinegar half and half with honey. I drenched her with 10 ml twice, 2 hours apart and the scours stopped. I use the ACV and honey on myself when I get diarrhea or even food poisoning. The ACV kills bad gut bacteria and not the beneficial bacteria and the honey is anti-viral.
