I've got a very lame Shetland wether lamb. He was born at the start of April and has been fit and (very) full of it until the last couple of days. Sprayed his navel as usual (and I've never had joint ill). He's been Heptavac P'd, wormed and fluked. The only difference from my usual lambing is that normally I lamb indoors and spray navels pretty much immediately. He arrived early and so was born in the field. I guess I didn't get to him until 2 hours after he was born.
Now he's so lame he won't join the others when I take a bit of cake up.
I've had a look at him and:
No Footrot - which I don't have anyway
A tiny bit of scald, which I sprayed, but it wasn't enough anyway for how lame he is.
Joints don't seem swollen though maybe I can imagine that the knee is a bit hotter (not sure).
No CODD, again I haven't had this for years.
Hooves a bit separated at the sides - raked (gently) any mud and grass in case it had pushed up and hurt, sprayed here too.
But he's no better today.
I'm at a loss. Any ideas?
He was a bit of a pest, I wonder if one of the ewes has bashed him? But he seems to be holding up his foot, more than anything? The field is rough, could he have twiddled his foot/knee?
What do I do for him anyway, could it be joint ill?