[Newtosheep]

Hi, I have a bottle lamb 5 days old, she was drinking her milk really well, but I went out to feed the lambs to night, and she was just lying under the heat lamp, she ate really well at her last feed but I struggled to get 80ml I to her!.

She now is in the house as she had a temperature of 38.1 degrees. But she has hardly the energy to stand or move ?.

I warmed her up and gave her some honey under her tongue, I also do a enena on her with suscess, as I thought she may of had bloat,

Can u guys give me any ideas of what may be wrong, or any thing I can do to help her.

Many thanks 

[twizzel]

Could be anything, lambs can go downhill very quickly so if you’re concerned I would ring the vet ASAP rather than wait for an Internet forum to come back with some stab in the dark guesses as to what could be wrong.

[Newtosheep]

Hi. Going to vets as soon as they open

[bj_cardiff]

how did you get on?

[Newtosheep]

Hi. My lamb got 3 injections, she is a lot brighter now, vet was unsure what was wrong, she is still not sucking great, but getting 50ml every few hours 

[SallyintNorth]

Hi. My lamb got 3 injections, she is a lot brighter now, vet was unsure what was wrong, she is still not sucking great, but getting 50ml every few hours 

Glad she is brighter and getting something.  You might find, now she is getting some, that she sucks better if you feed her less often.  Always a judgement call, balancing getting sustenance into them versus them being hungry enough to feed properly 

You might also consider putting her on electrolytes instead of milk for 24 or even 48 hours - either Pfizer Scour Formula (PSF) or Rehydion or similar - as sometimes milk is a bit rich for them if they've been poorly.  I like Rehydion, as you can mix it with milk if you want, so you can reintroduce milk gradually once they seem properly perky and hungry again.

[Newtosheep]

Thanks for the replies, she is back to normal now