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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Farmboss64 on June 01, 2021, 02:28:38 pm

Title: 1 month old lambs umbilical is swollen yellow crusty stuff on it
Post by: Farmboss64 on June 01, 2021, 02:28:38 pm

I have a bottle fed lamb who’s mother didn’t want to take her and she is a month old and I noticed her umbilical is dried up but it’s bunched up right against the stomach and it has a yellow/orange crust to it

Title: Re: 1 month old lambs umbilical is swollen yellow crusty stuff on it
Post by: Womble on June 01, 2021, 02:31:11 pm

Just checking - she's not trying to pee through it, is she? Not that I've ever made this mistake before, you understand  :innocent: .

Title: Re: 1 month old lambs umbilical is swollen yellow crusty stuff on it
Post by: Fleecewife on June 01, 2021, 03:34:25 pm

Sounds like an umbilical hernia.  Needs a little suture to close it by the vet.

Title: Re: 1 month old lambs umbilical is swollen yellow crusty stuff on it
Post by: shep53 on June 01, 2021, 06:17:07 pm

VET