Thanks fleecewife, I 'll see if I can get hold of any willow
She's Keri one of the rescue shetlands I got from you , she's such a wee poppet and usually has her nose into everything
I'm glad she's ok today, and you did well to spot her off day so promptly.
The fact that she's one of the rescues means that she could be more susceptible to problems. For everyone else, these were 3 ewe hoggs which, with another larger ewe, were bought by someone as some kind of fashion statement. They didn't have any idea how to look after sheep, and the poor things were left all of the winter before last, on a scruffy piece of ground with no grass, but anyway it was frozen most of the winter and under such deep snow that the sheep couldn't scrape down to any grass there was. I think they must have survived on the tips of rashes as they weren't given even hay. Someone made the owner move them and feed them, but they were then in with a mare and her colt, which wouldn't let the sheep near the hay. They were then taken off the owner for welfare reasons, and one of the hoggs was found to have severe fly strike, so we took them to nurse them back to health. Lochbyre then very kindly gave them a caring home.
I can't remember if Keri was the one with strike, but even if not, the harsh conditions of her first winter could account for her temporary glaikit fit. Good that you could get her in and give her a good inspection.
Does she go for digestives? If they like those then even if they are off their food they will usually eat them, and get some sugar on board.
Keep an eye on her and consider Calciject if it happens again - it doesn't do any harm and could possibly prevent a major problem