I woke on Saturday morning to find one of my best Texel lambs laying flat out and frothing from the mouth, it had obviously ate something in the garden that had poisoned it, I thought there was no hope of saving it. Its ears were flat and it was not bleating
I ended up buying some Human Food/Medicinal Grade Activated Charcoal and mixing in with some warm water and stomach tubing the lamb.
3 hours later it began to bleat but still could not stand, but 6 hours later it was walking around, if a bit wobbly.
That evening I gave it some milk with castor oil in it, and that helped it to poo, its now running round without a bother!!
Activated charcoal absorbs many toxins, including bacterial endotoxins, certain pesticides, etc. It is a useful feed additive during feed changeovers, periods of growth of lush grass, when lambs have gorged in feed bins, broken out into lush grazing, etc. Ideal to feed during short term digestive disorders.
I will never again go without it, I bought a 1kilo tub, which will last for ages and ages. I have now found a online shop which sells it.