HELP~~~Newborn lamb is limp, unresponsive, wet mouth, HELP

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New lamb born last night is not moving, cannot stand, limp, just wants to sleep, eyes kept closed. Mouth has drool all over it.
HELP??!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Is a vet out totally of the question? This sounds serious.

Hows her temp? Is she breathing OK?...If there is a lot of fluid, can you suction her mouth to get the fluid out of the way?

Was she doing OK right after birth? Is there anything else you can tell us?

 

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So, found out it might be Watery mouth disease. Gave her an enema, lots of tiny poo clusters came out. The other sister is a bit off, gave her one, too. Two long, black poos came out of her. Been milking mom and was able to feed the sick sister about 6 cc of milk. She's perked up some, trying to stand and such, but still really weak. She's dehydrated, skin doesn't snap back.
Anything OTC I can get for her? How much and how often should I be giving her milk?


She's breathing a bit faster than her sister is, not as fast as the adults are [its hot out]. Haven't checked her temp yet, I'll look for our thermometer. I washed off her chin.
She was the one being cleaned the most by mom last night, other was walking about, covered in the yellow, fairly dry when I got there. Both followed mom when she wandered, slept when I put them in the hay in the pen. She had moved about 2ft from where I laid them down last night. She has a cut on her pelvis bone, over the tip next to her butt, her tail is also bruised, so mom must of stepped on her at some point. Don't know if the vet will come out or if I should just bring the lamb in to them.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Possibly, the sick lamb never sucked after she was born? Did you see them both sucking? Is her mouth cooler than your skin temp.? I think it sounds like she never got anything to eat, and if that is the case you are doing good to milk the colostrum from the ewe and feed it to her!!!! If she wont suck the bottle, you would have to tube her, I would feed a new lamb every 2-3 hours, milk from her mother if possible!!!
Poor little thing! I hope she makes it!!!!

 

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Both of their temps is 101.4
We'll call the sick one A and the other that's been up since I found them B.
A is now wanting to suckle from the syringe I'm using to feed her, using the teat is too hard for her.
B is up and following mom for milk, drinking anytime mom will stay still.

 

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There was no milk the hour and 30min I was out there last night, but full udders.

 

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Pics of them when I first found them.
A was along the wall not moving.
B was up and moving.

 

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A is weaker again.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

You can get fluids to give subQ from the vet or farm stores if you can't get enough fluids in orally. You can also try a B complex injection, for energy. Karo syrup orally can also be used for energy.

I would really try and get a vets opinion though.

Have you checked to make sure the wax plug is out of both of moms teats? I saw you got some colostrum so maybe you already checked them. I checked Georgias and one side was clear, but the other I had to try to clear ( much harder than I think I should have), but once the plug was clear the colostrum came quickly and easily.

 

[SheepGirl]

I had two lambs with these same symptoms back in 2010. Both didn't make it (then again with the first lamb I found him too late...I called the vet and 15 min later he was gone and with the second lamb I knew he wasn't gonna make it so I just let him be). Is lamb A making any bizarre movements? Moving the head back, paddling with the legs, etc...? That's how mine were. Still don't know exactly what caused it, but my guess was a nutritional deficiency due to the ewes not consuming a mineral (my ewes and the purebred Babydolls were separated into a separate paddock that didn't have a mineral whereas the main flock was in the main part of the barn that had the mineral and all those lambs were healthy). Same thing happened last year...I hand fed Ali mineral (she was the only one that would walk up to me) and she had two healthy babies and Ciqala never got any and she had a stillborn and a 'sick' lamb.

Do you have a mineral out for your sheep? That may be the issue..a nutritional deficiency rather than a disease.