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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Jamie12 on March 26, 2015, 07:21:47 am
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The smaller of my two twins has a yellowy back end, poo isn't too thin and watery. Lamb is suckling well, seems bright, alert, full, etc. Ewe and lambs have access to a pen and can go outdoors into a makeshift paddock. She is my only ewe lambed hence why she isn't out in the field set aside for them yet. The other lamb seems okay. Should I be giving the lame glucose as a precaution?. Pens are clean, were well disinfected, and bedding is dry. Gloves were used to handle lambs and wellies are disinfected before going in with the sheep, I work with calves so everything is disinfected when I leave work and disinfected again at the sheep as a precaution.
Any suggestions?.
Edited to add: lamb was born on Friday evening without any assistance, and was the second one born.
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I’m bottle feeding 4 cades approx 2 weeks old. All had loose yellow poo which I believe is quite normal. Then a couple of days ago they went to semi solid and then solidish poo. From your description I don’t think I would be concerned yet, just monitor. You might want to clean up the back end while it’s easily washed off.
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And in case you haven't alredy realised it stinks to high heaven :roflanim:
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Sounds like Mum is being lazy and not cleaning up the bums :). Yellow = normal for that age.
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Sounds like Mum is being lazy and not cleaning up the bums :). Yellow = normal for that age.
This. Sticky yellow= normal, mothers should lick clean but some don't. Occasionally it can form a hard crust which prevents new stuff getting out and by then it's very difficult to remove, so the advice to clean it off now while it's soft is a good tip ;)
Runny/watery yellow is not ideal and would want monitoring.
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Given them both a drop of veloron, which should help. Wee lamb looks much better.
I have to say, calf scour smells much worse. Especially when you get it in your hair ::) ;D