The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: cluckyclaire on April 03, 2013, 05:29:47 pm
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One of my babies (2 weeks 2 days) is limping on his rear leg. Just managed to catch him and have a look and it looks a little bit swollen between his toes. No obvious injury, scratches etc and doesn't feel hot to touch. Any ideas? Not really sure what else to look for/ what things look like?!!
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Spray with antibiotic spray. Is it white looking? Might be scald.
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A bit of mud that had dried then fallen out? Happened to some of my ewes and it was like a sliver of stone. Took it out and they were fine in a couple of days.
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Watch him carefully, if he shows any signs of being dopey, lying down more than normal, it could be jointill, not a problem if you catch it early, needs antibiotic and painkiller injections, you will need to get mum and him in or you may have trouble catching him as he improves.
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We had one who managed to break a leg last year. She ended up in a plaster cast. We had to adapt the barn so mum could get out onto some grass. This is her with her brother