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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: agri293 on April 09, 2012, 09:54:59 pm

Title: constipated lamb
Post by: agri293 on April 09, 2012, 09:54:59 pm
hi one of my triplets is looking a bit hunched up its rear end is also very clean he is the smallest of the triplets so i have been giving him 250 mls out of the bottle every day just incase the other two are getting more of the mother
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: doganjo on April 09, 2012, 10:14:32 pm
Is he maybe getting too much at one go?  Maybe less but more often?  You can help by massaging his bum gently with warm water and baby oil.
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: jaykay on April 09, 2012, 10:17:30 pm
What Annie says  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: Moleskins on April 09, 2012, 10:40:42 pm
Massaging a sheeps bum with baby oil - sorry that's just too weird   :o
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: robert waddell on April 09, 2012, 10:47:52 pm
do it or lose it     your call :farmer:
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: doganjo on April 09, 2012, 11:35:23 pm
Quote from: moleskins on April 09, 2012, 10:40:42 pm
Massaging a sheeps bum with baby oil - sorry that's just too weird   :o
No more weird than helping a bitch or a ewe give birth
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: Pedwardine on April 09, 2012, 11:45:07 pm
A pipette containing a few drops of liquid paraffin in his rear end can help too. Carefully done though and keep it minimal.
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: kaz on April 10, 2012, 08:43:33 am
This might seem a stupid question, but have you checked to see if the lamb has an anus, as they can be born without one?
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: agri293 on April 10, 2012, 06:18:38 pm
thanks for the replye gave a spoonful of cod liver oil as reccommended by a commercial breeder worked a treat poo this morning never ever thought poo would get me so excited
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: jaykay on April 10, 2012, 06:20:21 pm
Ha, welcome to the world of animals - spend your life worrying about what goes in one end and comes out the other  :D
Title: Re: constipated lamb
Post by: Bramblecot on April 10, 2012, 09:34:27 pm
Quote from: jaykay on April 10, 2012, 06:20:21 pm
Ha, welcome to the world of animals - spend your life worrying about what goes in one end and comes out the other  :D
So true! So true!  It is collecting the samples that worries the neighbours  ;D ;D ;D