[Wag]

I have a shetland ewe that's got a bit of a limp. She is due within the next few days,I'm concerned about tipping her up and checking her front foot with her being heavily in lamb. I plan to check her after she has Lambed . Is this the right course of action.

Thanks in advance. This is all new to me.


Charlie.

[twizzel]

If she’s due very soon you could wait until she’s lambed. If she hasn’t lambed by the weekend pick her front foot up like you would a horse and have a look. Don’t tip her up though. Quite often when they are heavy in lamb foot problems can be exacerbated due to carrying the extra weight.

[Anke]

If she can still get around and eat/drink I would leave her until she has lambed. I normally leave my ewes (shetlands) for a day or so before I tip them up to do their feet, unless there s a reason to do it earlier. Just so that her insides can rearrange themselves post-lambing.


If she has footrot or scald, a long-acting Antibiotic like Alamycin LA should sort her out, especially if you are not able to catch her quickly again - my ewes become a bit more flighty with their lambs.

[TheShepard]

Hi, we have a ewe that had a limp off and on throughout her pregnancy. It got pretty severe toward late gestation. We tried everything we could think of, wrapped it with ace bandage, etc.. We finally just soaked her leg up to her "knee" joint in warm water with epsom salt. Then pressed on the gland. Seemed to help so far. Time will tell. Good luck!