[jaykay]

Still here, but barely 

The vet thinks tumour too, given the speed, the lack of any other symptoms ie scouring, and so on. He says it won't be her rumen from me giving antibiotics, they are more tolerant of them than that.

Says do your best for her and see if she can pull through, probably nothing they can do.

So - the feedstore had a high energy lick left over from lambing, so I've got her that, cut some off and into small pieces, and done the calicject. And I've got some flaked maize as well as the molassed flakey. She's in a small paddock on her own, within sight of the others. Think that's probably all I can do.

And I don't think it's going to be enough 

[Foobar]

Painkillers?  If you've not already that might be worth a shot too, if only to ease any pain she might be in.

[Mammyshaz]

Oh, Jaykay. That's not good news      She has the best possible chance to pull through living with you    everything crossed for her.

[jaykay]

Thank you. She's trying so hard, but......

Why does it always happen to the good ones. It's not like you want any sheep to die, but if one had to, couldn't it be one of the 'also-rans' or one of the wethers, not one of my best breeding ewes 

[in the hills]

   Good luck with her Jaykay. She is in good hands.

[jaykay]

Thanks ITH. I feel so helpless.

I'm hoping something I've done helps and she picks up and is her normal cheeky self again, whilst knowing that's pretty unlikely given how weak she is 

[Pedwardine]

I feel so for you. It's so hard when it's a special one. Don't know what else to say except you know we're all here for you whatever happens 

[jaykay]

Thank you  She was up and grazing just now, when I went out to shut up the ducks.     

[jaykay]

She died 
Looked a bit brighter this morning, and got up to come and join the others when I went out to check them just now - and then fell down and died. Poor love.

And of course, it's Saturday night so I can't take her to the hunt kennels til Monday morning 

[Mammyshaz]

So sorry Jaykay   

[in the hills]

   Sorry Jaykay. 

[Penninehillbilly]

Sorry    

[Sudanpan]

So sorry - you did everything you could for her
 

[Remy]

Sorry to hear that jaykay  , you did everything possible by the sounds of it.  I had a ewe that just didn't put back condition after winter and lambing (she had twins), the other ewes did, but not her.  She was eating fine, every time I checked she came over for a scratch, but ust looked thin.  She'd been wormed, fluked etc then one extremely hot weekend I had been away for one day and the next I found her dead in the field.  I was upset because she'd been one of my original mules, an excellent lamber and mum.  These things just seem to happen with sheep 

[jaykay]

Thanks all 

I'll go with FW's and the vet's suggestion of a tumour, there didn't seem to be anything else and her decline was so fast. One minute she was a bit fat, like all the others, the next thin, and then dead 

Her lambs seem to be ok, at least they're not tiddlers still.

If I was really scientific, I'd do an autopsy on her  but I think I won't.

The sky's turned black, the wind has picked up and there's thunder in the distance - feel appropriate somehow.