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I had a lamb born (very large single) yesterday afternoon to a small first time momma. The lamb cannot stand on her front legs at all. If I set her down with legs extended, she falls over. She can move around by walking on her knees. Great suck reflex, managing to get milk from momma just fine, otherwise very healthy looking. She's a St Croix/Jacob/Soay mix
Anyone experience this before? We've had no other lambing issues this year and I've never seen this before.
Our farm is in the Pacific Northwest on the north side of a mountain, so perhaps it's a vit D issue? I'm also wondering if she had restricted movement in momma. My sheep have access to mineral and salt year round and during the winter they eat local grass hay (we bale graze) and alfalfa pellets. I've given this baby 2 doses of nutridrench. According to a selenium map, we live in a selenium rich area.
Vet care is not an option here, we are in the middle of nowhere. I can make a trip to town today or tomorrow to pick up necessary supplies if anyone has any ideas. Thanks for reading xx
I uploaded a movie, I hope this link works...
Anyone experience this before? We've had no other lambing issues this year and I've never seen this before.
Our farm is in the Pacific Northwest on the north side of a mountain, so perhaps it's a vit D issue? I'm also wondering if she had restricted movement in momma. My sheep have access to mineral and salt year round and during the winter they eat local grass hay (we bale graze) and alfalfa pellets. I've given this baby 2 doses of nutridrench. According to a selenium map, we live in a selenium rich area.
Vet care is not an option here, we are in the middle of nowhere. I can make a trip to town today or tomorrow to pick up necessary supplies if anyone has any ideas. Thanks for reading xx
I uploaded a movie, I hope this link works...
lamb.mp4
drive.google.com