weak newborn lamb with bad leg injury (to the bone)

lunari4nnua

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hello
so sorry if i seem clueless about most things, but i am a volunteer at a farm with 8 dwarf ouessant sheep and i am trying to manage a bad birth that no one seemed to care about.

the lamb was born two days ago, we found it under the scorching sun, breathing badly and agitating its legs (not convulsions), so i tried to stimulate sneezing, rubbing it etc. i fed it colostrum every three hours. it kept breathing weirdly and shaking.

yesterday it was able to stand up and the breathing seemed to get better. the vet advised against injecting some nutrients, so i just kept feeding with bottle.

unfortunately, this morning i found it fallen off the stables, with its head still inside and its body outside, because the little corner where it slept has a hole in the floor.

it has a bloody leg (not bleeding anymore), and you can see the bone. was it eaten by some predator?

what should i do?
 
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Clean it and disinfect it as best as you can and get it seen by the vet asap. It's really hard to determine the cause/extent of injury from the photo, so the best chance this baby has is going to be a hands on evaluation so he can get the correct treatments, which will undoubtedly include a tetnus shot and antibiotics.
Bless you for caring enough to take him in and give him a chance. 🥰❤️
 
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