norseofcourse
Herd Master
When I went out to feed this evening, I found an aborted lamb in the run-in area It looked maybe a month or so away from being born. Tiny little hooves, completely formed body that didn't look deformed, and it looked like it might have been a ram lamb. No wool on it at all, just reddish skin all over.
The ewe that aborted it is Brosa, this would have been her second lambing. I put the ram in for a first possible lambing date of March 16, but I don't know exactly when she bred (it's likely it was within week or three of the ram going in). She had a single ram lamb last year, no problems. And now, she is acting quite normally (except for all the crud at her back end that froze, that I cut off as much as I could). Normal behavior, appetite. Although she is the only one of the four ewes who hadn't had any udder development yet.
I didn't see a placenta, not sure if she's passed it yet. From what I've been able to find, they would need the placenta for a good necropsy. Not sure if a necropsy would tell me a lot. If I do decide to go that route, do I freeze the lamb or keep it from freezing?
Do I treat Brosa with anything, or just watch her? What about the other ewes? By now they've been exposed to anything there might be. Do I call the emergency vet number? What do I ask him?
The ewe that aborted it is Brosa, this would have been her second lambing. I put the ram in for a first possible lambing date of March 16, but I don't know exactly when she bred (it's likely it was within week or three of the ram going in). She had a single ram lamb last year, no problems. And now, she is acting quite normally (except for all the crud at her back end that froze, that I cut off as much as I could). Normal behavior, appetite. Although she is the only one of the four ewes who hadn't had any udder development yet.
I didn't see a placenta, not sure if she's passed it yet. From what I've been able to find, they would need the placenta for a good necropsy. Not sure if a necropsy would tell me a lot. If I do decide to go that route, do I freeze the lamb or keep it from freezing?
Do I treat Brosa with anything, or just watch her? What about the other ewes? By now they've been exposed to anything there might be. Do I call the emergency vet number? What do I ask him?