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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Dundonald hens on April 25, 2012, 10:19:40 pm

Title: Lamb with squirts
Post by: Dundonald hens on April 25, 2012, 10:19:40 pm

HAs anyone any idea what we could do with one of our wee orphans she will be about 5 weeks old and has had the squirts for the past few days we already lost one a few weeks ago and we are just worried shes going the same way

Title: Re: Lamb with squirts
Post by: jaykay on April 25, 2012, 10:38:50 pm

A day of water with sugar in, and a pinch of salt, no milk. Kaolin from the chemist.
Then mix live yoghurt in with the lamb milk, I think the rate is 8oz yoghurt to 2litres of lamb milk.