Author Topic: Snuffly Lamb  (Read 1586 times)

Amcla1234

  • Joined Apr 2022
Snuffly Lamb
« on: April 25, 2022, 09:33:26 pm »
Hi guys new to lambing we have a 2 week old Hebridean ram who was rejected by mum and is being bottle fed, he drinks well and bounces round doing everything a lamb should but has a snuffly nose he’s had penicillin and he’s still snuffly not coughing definitely sounds more like nasal congestion almost sneezing is there anything more we can do for him and what could it be?paranoid as we lost his brother and don’t want to loose him   :-[

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Snuffly Lamb
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2022, 07:04:58 am »
Penicillin not great for lung issues, take him to the vet get them to listen to his chest and if needs be they will give appropriate meds.

 

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