[krot562]

My lamb flopsy died last night 
flopsy was a very characteristic lamb always followed me around the yard , jumping up , followed me into the house , everyone's favourite. 
Hes about 1.Months old i think
But yesterday i noticed at lunchtime he couldn't stand up and kept falling, i went in and picked him up but his legs couldn't hold him. We fed him a bottle of warm milk with a little bit of glucose,  after about 30 mins he started perking up and walking around, by a hour later he was his normal self . Again we fed him at midnight and he seemed fine,
7am this morning and my partner came in to tell me he found him dead
i dont understand wht could of happened

[Caroline1]

Sorry for your loss, hopefully someone on here may have some ideas

[Hellybee]

Firstly im very sorry to hear this  Had he been vaccinated , was he eating creep and grass,   Dunno, you either get a pm done or put it down to possibly pastuerella, pneumonia or bloat or maybe nematodes? These lambs can live life on the edge nutrition and immunity wise, such a fine line sometimes, and if grazing can quickly pick up worms, we've had a rediculously mild winter.  Take care x

[SallyintNorth]

 

I'm afraid that's the thing with pet lambs - any lamb can suddenly fail and die, but pet lambs even more so.

Most likely culprit, unless you vaccinated at 3 weeks, one of the clostridial diseases.  But really, it could be anything.

So sorry for your loss.  We all know we mustn't get attached to them, but there's always (at least) one that has such a character you can't help but form an attachment.