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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: yorks122 on April 26, 2020, 10:58:19 am

Title: an ill lamb??
Post by: yorks122 on April 26, 2020, 10:58:19 am

Hi!
I have two orphan lambs that we got from a local farmer. One of them is about 7 days old but continues to poo liquid yellow poo! the other one has started to firm up what it lets out but this one is leaking quite a lot of this funny stuff. Its different in colour and consistency to the very young lamb poo that I recognised- we have done this a few times but never seen this kind of poo. She isn't taking well to the bottle either, only eating 100/150 of the milk (powdered stuff) except from the early morning feed when she's hungry and will take 250ml.
could she just have a bad appetite or is the poo a sign of illness??
any help would be great thank you

Title: Re: an ill lamb??
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 28, 2020, 04:33:55 pm

Put it on PSF or Rehydion for 48 hours then back on the milk.  :fc: it will come right

Title: Re: an ill lamb??
Post by: shep53 on April 28, 2020, 05:44:27 pm

If its fluid with maybe blood in it , take the lamb to your vet ( quickly ) and get it treated with a shot of Spectam  , Orojet , Penicillin , if you had the runs you would take oral Diocam  and then reyhdron .  Poo should be thick and very sticky

Title: Re: an ill lamb??
Post by: yorks122 on May 03, 2020, 09:49:57 am

Thank you! I took her to the vet and he gave us a course of antibiotics & electrolyte - said she had ecoli.

She was looking much better but Now struggling with running noses!!!!