Had a lamb come in this morning short of breath and making a rasping noise- it was very much like his airway was half closed and every time he breathed in he rasped. Foaming at mouth with a bit of blood- not sure if the blood was a red herring and whether he bit his tounge coughing. Whole family had a different diagnosis- I thought it was an allergic reaction, OH's dad thought pneumonia, OH's sister thought he was just hot. Rang the vet with symptoms and he diagnosed an upper respiratory infection and has dispensed a course of treatment for him. He said it could be clostridial but highly unlikely given his age. He's in and eating, pretty alert- we had a job to catch him to jab him!
Has anyone had anything like this before? He's been out in the same field since he was 8 weeks, he's now 4 1/2 months. Was fine at 9pm last night, by 8am this morning was not looking smart. Eating now but still coughing, hopefully the injection will kick in soon, but can't think what has caused it and whether it is contagious?