WindyIndy
Loving the herd life
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Hi everyone, I just signed up. I'm new to sheep and have a few quick questions regarding one of them. She's a Katahdin, and just turned a year old this month. I bought her last year as a lamb. I believe she's pregnant and should be due to lamb early next month. I noticed last night that she had a small bit of yellowy discharge. It wasn't a lot, and it looked slightly dry, mostly sticky. It kind of looked like mucus. I tried googling but couldn't find much. I read stuff about a possible abortion and now I'm worried, I also saw that it could be contagious ( I have 2 other pregnant ewes due the same time). She isn't acting sick, she's alert, walking around, bleating, eating, chewing cud, etc. I haven't seen her drink, but have a 40 gallon tank that they have free access too. I also have a copper free loose sheep mineral that I feed free choice. I talked with my vet and she was worried about the color. She was also worried about a possible abortion and the other sheep getting it. I separated her tonight, but being herd animals she's not happy. I'm worried about her getting so stressed that she aborts the baby that way. Does anyone have any thoughts? She hasn't had anymore discharge that I can see. Am I worrying about nothing? Should I put her back in with the others? I tried getting a urine sample for the vet but she wont go! Is there anyway I could encourage her to go? I tried rubbing her vagina but that didn't work. I've had problems with her in the past getting sick, but 10 days of penicillin/wormer took care of that. I just don't want to lose her or the baby.