Okay, I have a ewe, who for whatever reason didn't do so well after lambing - she started to shed her wool (starting at spine and working downwards) about a month or two before lambing, and by a couple of weeks after lambing it was practically all shed. Wasn't sure of the cause of the shedding, treated for lice and scab as my neighbours sheep looked quite iffy. After lambing she seemed to bloat up a lot, which I treated her for about three of four times. Eventually the bloating stopped.
Ever since then though she's had like a big belly, which looks to slosh around when she walks (waddles).
In hindsight I should have given her some rumen stimulant when she started the bloating business.
Other things of note, for some reason she bleated very loudly every time she strained whilst giving birth (non of my other sheep have ever done that). She was a first time lamber (2yr old). Lambs weren't abnormally large or anything. She's a greedy guts, throughout all of that her eating and pooing was fine. The lambs haven't done as well as all my other lambs, although they did have a spot of orf in the first month, but not badly, she had it on her teats a bit, but she still let them suckle ok. Nice big udders actually. Started on Heptevac pre-lambing, jan & feb doses. Lambed late march.
So, do I need to worry about the sloshing belly?