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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Highlander3465 on January 31, 2025, 03:29:29 pm

Title: Acidosis?
Post by: Highlander3465 on January 31, 2025, 03:29:29 pm

Hello all. Yesterday my ewe had her head through the chicken cage and was mooching around the chickens layer pellets. I didn't think she got any, a couple of licks maybe.
Today she has no appetite, looking miserable and scouring bad. I have given her some bicarb, I wasn't sure how much so did 40g in 100ml water. She is so wooly I can't tell if she is bloated really. There was some gurgling after the bicarb. She was also wormed yesterday, just after the chicken feed incident as I honestly though she got none.
I've taken her in, marked the bucket to check if she is drinking. When I was home at lunchtime she unrinated and scoured.
What and how can I get some electrolytes in her? Anything else I can do?
She is a big pet, I'm not a sheep farmer.

Title: Re: Acidosis?
Post by: twizzel on January 31, 2025, 08:41:09 pm

Would be worth getting the vet to look at her sooner than later. They can drench her if she’s dehydrated with fluids to rehydrate and help get her rumen going again, as well as pain relief and other supportive care.