One of my ewes looked a bit off colour on Thursday pm, but nothing that would point to anything in particular. This afternoon she was walking very slowly and quite stiffly, and what looked to me - she was blind! She walked very slowly but still bumped into two other ewes lying down! But whenever I got near her she walked away, no chance of getting her in... went back just before it got dark as I was really concerned that something was wrong, and she had walked herself into a corner of the fence and got her head stuck... we managed to load her into the trailer (by then pitchblack - where is the moon when you need it!), and phoned the vet - he diagnosed CCN/Vit B deficiency over the phone. I had not thought of this, as I was associating CCN with young/growing lambs! Has anyone else had this in adult ewes? All of my ewes got their fasinex last Sunday...
Well we have injected her with both antibiotic/steroid and Vit B stuff, but she is lying down in the trailer now, her heart is beating for Scotland, it seems to resonate in the trailer, heavy breathing too... not sure if she is going to make it through the night. Vet was reckoning 60/40, so not so good.
My great worry is that she has not eaten or drunk anything today - I have tried to syringe a bit of water down her throat. She is not fighting me, but most of the water comes back out on the side of her mouth. Is there another way of getting water into them? I do not want to drench her, it may just choke her.