Author Topic: Poorly ewe, running out of ideas (Read 7570 times)

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:18:32 pm »

Have you found any wads of half-chewed cud where she's been lying in the past? I agree with the earlier post that a tooth problem can cause them to go downhill very rapidly.

Dogwalker · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2013, 05:54:11 pm »

Can we have an update please, did she make it?

lou995 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:15:20 pm »

by some miracle she is still alive!

From further advice i gave her calciject Wed pm. Wed evening she started to pick at grass

Shes progressing more each day now just slowly. Eating hay and grass now and picking at nuts!
Twins are being bottle fed and are kept in a pen next to her.

Whether she had serious lack of energy as vet suggested or was actually borderline milk fever, who knows!?
Shes been treated for everything and i'll probably never know the exact cause of what was wrong with her.
Just glad shes now on the mend!

Thanks for all the advice and support.

Pedwardine · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:46:38 pm »

What wonderful news. Hope she continues to improve. Well done.

Dogwalker · « **Reply #19 on:** April 27, 2013, 08:52:45 am »

That's great news, can you get her out in the sunshine, I find that perks everyone up.

My skinny goat has made a complete turn aroud after the antibiotics, hope it's permanent.

Speaking to the vet about something else at end of business yesterday, I updated her on Gertie's progress and she said it had cheered a difficult day to get some good news.
Always nice to get updates, even if the news isn't good, we can all learn something from it that way.