[Anke]

Seems to have pneumonia now 😢
Gave him tetroxy last night, got very little milk down him this morning.
Any tips for cleaning the gunge from under the tail?

Time to give up?


As to cleaning his backend - warm water and then vaseline to prevent further gunk sticking to it.

[Penninehillbilly]

Anke, I keep wondering, but while there's life there's hope?
We'll see how he goes on today, maybe not getting colostrum in sooner is the problem.

[Anke]

Anke, I keep wondering, but while there's life there's hope?
We'll see how he goes on today, maybe not getting colostrum in sooner is the problem.

I am afraid I have probably become a lot tougher recently, if I think a lamb/kid/chick is not going to be reared to at least meat size (without serious intervention and ongoing extra care) I will pts humanely and quickly early on. And if their quality of life is not there I cannot justify pushing on.


But he may be a fighter, I have had a very young male kid that I brought up from way down south having been assured by the seller that he was easy on the bottle... well he wasn't. But with a lot of perseverance, emergency treatment at the vets and finally wanting a bottle of milk when he was 7 months old... he grew to be a breed champion!