I am the worlds worst shepherd.
I lost little Venus, the lamb who never got colostrum 2 weeks ago. Surprised she made it that long but after surviving so long I thought she was going to be ok.
Then the other day I lost a fully vaccinated meat wether to clostridia, died whilst at the vet.
Today Tarragon, Venus' mum choked on sugar beet, seems she managed to swallow the froth coated beet down and looked to be ok, but the beet then swelled before it got to her stomach and the blockage killed her as we tried everything we could to save her. I loved that sheep
Hubby and I, the vet and all the equipment in the world couldn't save her. The vet says it was a tragic freak accident bless him.
I will never feed unsoaked beet again, but they won't eat it soaked! I have fed unsoaked for YEARS with no problem. She was a greedy pigger, and it killed her hoofing too much in in one go (hence the reason I scatter feed it) but still she managed to grab too much in one go.
Sorry for the blurb but I am so gutted, apart from one ewe I had to PTS years ago I have never lost sheep. Now 3 in a few weeks, all unrelated.
I'm terrified I am killing them