just wondering if anyone else has ever had the same issue as me as I've never encountered it before?
I had a yearling ewe lamb the other day, she was trying for ages with no sucess so I stepped in. She was pretty dilated and reasonably roomy inside. I could feel the lamb as it was almost out. However, about three inches inside there was a very tight 'band' its hard to describe but felt like a gastric band. I could literally get two fingers through it, no more and the lamb definately wasn't comeing through on its own. I 'worked' at it for a while to see if it would slacken off and it eventially gave way with some blood. I'm not sure if it was a tear? The ewe seemed happy enough after and lamb was fine. I had exactly the same thing happen with a second yearling ewe a couple of days ago.
My initial thoughts are that it is a partially intact hymen? I used a yearling Ram and it was his first year working.