The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: m3joeEm on March 10, 2015, 11:01:39 pm
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Sheep lambed 2 weeks, is happy, eating and lactating. She is however constantly straining and has a white discharge. She had a course of alamycin LA when in shed and put out to grass for milk. She is still straining now and I am unsure what to do. Any ideas?
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If you feel confident to examine her. Wash your hands, file your nails lube up well and gently feel inside her.
She may have a second dead lamb or may not have passed the afterbirth after lambing. Give your vet a call for a second opinion. Advice on the phone is free.
Let us know how you get on :thumbsup:
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I'd call the vet and ask for advice first. I wouldn't quite know what to expect if she lambed two weeks ago - in all likelihood, the cervix will be closed up and you won't be able to get in and may do more harm trying.
If the vet needs to see her, if you can get her to the vet you'll save a callout fee ;)
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If you're examining a ewe you suspect may have a lamb inside her I recommend wearing a very long disposable lambing glove. If you pull what is clearly a dead lamb make sure you have enough room behind and to the side of you to fling yourself well out of the way as you pull.
In this case I recommend speaking to the vet first. White discharge is probably an infection that could do with a/bs but she shouldn't be straining this far on from lambing. She'll probably have closed up by now anyway.
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As above, another option is a tear in the vaginal wall, these can get infected and = straining/discharge