Some background on this lamb:
He's about a week and a half old and had a rough delivery (sideways position, ewe with pre-lambing vaginal prolapse and then ring-womb - it took us hours to deliver the lamb and we thought we'd lose them both). He has been struggling with a tendon injury in his front left leg which required a splint (down from a full leg splint to just the last joint) and joint ill in the back left leg which is swollen and painful. So, he's already limping around on two-ish legs, is partially bottle fed because his poor momma doesn't produce enough milk although she's acting like a good mother and they are bonded so he nurses some. He's on antibiotics and metacam for the joint pain and been through a round of probiotics meant to be given alongside the antibiotics. He's slowly healing.
Anyways, today we noticed this odd behavior which we haven't seen in any of our lambs before. We're wondering if it's related to how he latches on to nurse, which we know is a little abnormal. Anybody else seen this behavior?
Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UTWRTwPaBco45C8AA
Side note: This lamb's mother will not be bred again due to the complications she's had with this lamb. Nor will this ram lamb be bred.
He's about a week and a half old and had a rough delivery (sideways position, ewe with pre-lambing vaginal prolapse and then ring-womb - it took us hours to deliver the lamb and we thought we'd lose them both). He has been struggling with a tendon injury in his front left leg which required a splint (down from a full leg splint to just the last joint) and joint ill in the back left leg which is swollen and painful. So, he's already limping around on two-ish legs, is partially bottle fed because his poor momma doesn't produce enough milk although she's acting like a good mother and they are bonded so he nurses some. He's on antibiotics and metacam for the joint pain and been through a round of probiotics meant to be given alongside the antibiotics. He's slowly healing.
Anyways, today we noticed this odd behavior which we haven't seen in any of our lambs before. We're wondering if it's related to how he latches on to nurse, which we know is a little abnormal. Anybody else seen this behavior?
Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UTWRTwPaBco45C8AA
Side note: This lamb's mother will not be bred again due to the complications she's had with this lamb. Nor will this ram lamb be bred.
Not sure why. Felt like we were lucky that they gave her an antibiotic/steroid infusion after the prolapse. We'll look into getting some antibiotics for her.
