Author Topic: Stiff lamb disease (Read 17338 times)

BadgerFace · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2009, 05:50:13 pm »

Pleased to hear little Lyra's on the mend

gillandtom · « **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2009, 09:22:25 pm »

Bless - just saw your post about wee Lyra. Hope she makes a full recovery.

Rosemary · « **Reply #17 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:03:01 am »

It's all gone pear shaped this morning. Lyra's really miserable. She's not stiff but her mouth is watery and I think she's uncomfortable in her belly. She's not scouring. I've to take her to the vet at 11 but he thinks it might be a bowel torsion, in which case it's curtains for Lyra.

I know I have to toughen up but I feel sick.

JulieS · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:32:17 am »

Sorry to read about Lyra, I do hope everything goes Ok at the vets.

I'll be thinking of you.

jameslindsay · « **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2009, 10:51:11 am »

Rosemary, hope all goes well at the vets, I will be thinking of you both.

countrygirlatheart · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:25:36 pm »

Sorry to hear that Lyra has gone downhill again, hope it all works out ok, but if not you've done everything you could do for her, best wishes

Rosemary · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:16:46 pm »

More antibiotics, anti-inflammatory and painkillers. He doesn't know what it is but thinks it's very serious - may be a torsion of the bowel. She seemed abit brighter when I brought her home but that's the medication kicking in. He want's to do post mortem if she doesn't pull through. He said he once PMd 4 lambs who all dies after displaying almost identical symptoms and they had all died of different things. How can you win with sheep?

hexhammeasure · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:50:17 pm »

There is a saying around here with the blue faced liecesters... They ought to be born with a spade attached --cos you'll soon need one to bury it

Rosemary · « **Reply #23 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:42:55 pm »

Eight days of antibiotics now. Although I couldn't catch her at lunchtime and she was fighting back tonight, when Dan caught her for her jag. THat must be a good sign, surely?

Farmer · « **Reply #24 on:** July 06, 2009, 06:08:14 pm »

Where there's fight there's hope...keep your chin up, we're all routing for you and Lyra, good luck

Farmer

Rosemary · « **Reply #25 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:29:31 pm »

Sorry, shoudl ahve updated this. Lyra's fine (or as fine as any sheep can be i.e. not dead) - she's running around, eating her head off and avoiding me like the plague. And I got the vet bill today and it was only £32 - so I think she was well worth it!

doganjo · « **Reply #26 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:19:33 pm »

Is that break-even?

Rosemary · « **Reply #27 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:00:07 pm »

If she'd been a dog or cat, it would have been a whole lot more than £32. I'm sure she's suitably grateful and will reward me with oodles of lambs over the next umpty years!