Hi,
Just looking for a bit of hope I think! We have a very poorly ram lamb, 3 weeks old, bottle fed since birth. Had to take him to the vets yesterday as one of his back legs were swollen, he was refusing to eat, and generally looked like he might be in pain and distress. The vet seems to think it is something similar to black leg, picked up from something he has eaten. He is on daily injections of anti-inflamatries and antibiotics. After his return from the vets he seemed to be paralysed in both back legs and the other one had swollen up too. Slowly he has got the use of his back legs back, but is still quite unsteady, just like a newborn. He is only taking small amounts of milk at the minute and will drink water, but is not eating anything.
I just wondered if anyone else had experiences anything similar, and if so did the lamb pull through and is there anything in addition to the injections I can do for him to improve his chances of making it
Many thanks.