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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: liz999 on March 30, 2011, 03:06:01 pm

Title: epilepsy in lambs
Post by: liz999 on March 30, 2011, 03:06:01 pm

 :sheep:
dos anyone know if lambs can take epileptic fits? im raising three orphaned lambs for a farmer ,they are 2 weeks old and one of them took what looked like a fit this afternoon? she seems fine at the moment, help?

Title: Re: epilepsy in lambs
Post by: plumseverywhere on March 30, 2011, 04:52:47 pm

ooh crikey, sounds scary  :-\ not a sheep person but am hoping my answer will bump your thread back up so someone else might see it and help you.  also post in the sheep section - hope you get some help x

Title: Re: epilepsy in lambs
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 01, 2011, 08:07:21 pm

Quote from: liz999 on March 30, 2011, 03:06:01 pm

:sheep:
dos anyone know if lambs can take epileptic fits? im raising three orphaned lambs for a farmer ,they are 2 weeks old and one of them took what looked like a fit this afternoon? she seems fine at the moment, help?

Well I haven't heard of epilepsy in lambs.  They do do a looking like having a fit thing when they are going downhill fast, but this is clearly not what is happening to yours.

Anyone else?

Title: Re: epilepsy in lambs
Post by: jaykay on April 01, 2011, 09:04:40 pm

All sorts of things can cause this sort of 'fit' looking thing.

What are you feeding them and how do you make it up?