I arrive to the sheep shed this morning and see my week old ram lamb with its head stuck in a sheep hurdle. I apply lube and rotate the lamb, but no way its coming out. I get the car jack and extend open the bars and phew its head comes out.
http://instagr.am/p/JgkaZVJR9t/I then notice that its mouth is open and that the lamb can't seem to close his mouth. I had a feel around its mouth and it didn't feel dislocated or broken! I took the lamb to the vets who x-rayed it. It wasn't broken or dislocated, the vet reckons that it might have strained its muscle on the back of its head when it was struggling to get out.
I'm not sure if the lamb is able to suck from mum, it certainly tries. We've given him some Metacam and I've taken some milk from its mum and been able to feed it. I just hope that it gets better over the next couple of days !!