[Ladygrey]

Anyone know where I can get hold of one of these in the uk?

http://easywean.com.au/how-easywean-works/weaning-lambs-kids/

[SallyintNorth]

Really? 

[Ladygrey]

I suppose I should have described what I wanted it for....

I have a 10 week old lamb that I pulled off (with his twin) his mother at birth as she had an udder that resembled a sack of bricks and no milk.
He was reared on the sheperdess with the other lambs, after 1 or 2 weeks he started the habit of sucking on all the male lambs penis's
It got worse and worse, although I was told he would stop soon after weaning, I weaned them at 6 weeks of age before the risk of bloat
He now is completely addicted to sucking male lambs and as soon as he see's them peeing will run over and suck
Results of this mean he is spending his time sucking pee instead of grazing and he is now a skeleton with liquid scours that REEEEKKSS
he looks disgusting
Tests reveal no lacking in any nutrients and he is the only one who does this
Vet says either knock him on the head or isolate him for 2 weeks on his own
I was trying to find other ways of discouraging him or other wise he will be knocked on the head

[Hellybee]

Oh dear, I'd start chuckling at the beginning, but very soon realised the severity of the situation.  I would consider putting him in with a big strong ewe lamb as you can't leave him on his own,  it would be a real shame to knock him on the head. Isolate him with a pal rehydrate him as he must be feeling really grim, trim his arse within an inch of it's life and get some  fly stuff on just in case, as if he's damp from his habit he's gonna be a target to blowfly , poor little boy, I hope all goes well xx

[Ladygrey]

I dont have any ewe lambs for him to be with..

But fab idea! Thanks, will take him and pop him in with the ewes!

Yes I crovected him last week but will re scalp him and do it again, wish the other lambs would kick him off!!

[kanisha]

Hope your ewes are seasonal breeders................... or you may require a whole lot more nose rings in a few months

[Fleecewife]

How seriously weird     That's not something I've ever come across before.  The nose ring spikes look horrible and not sure they would work in this situation.  I imagine the way they work with weaning a lamb is by being uncomfortable for the ewe so she kicks the lamb off.  The area around the male lambs' penises isn't so delicate, so I can't see them shaking him off.

Try him in with the ewes and he'll soon get the message because they're not going to let him at their udders.  He might get beaten up though and doesn't sound fit enough to stand up for himself. 

It would be worth trying him on his own briefly first to make sure he can eat the food he gets, and to rehydrate him, then try him with the ewes.

I'm usually for giving an animal every chance, but I would be inclined to go for the bop on the head if you have no success with the other ideas, as he will die slowly anyway 

[SallyintNorth]

Gosh, I couldn't have imagined that being the reason if you'd given me a thousand guesses!

I agree, though, that it may well not work, so isolating him and getting him sorted out nutritionally and hydrationally (is that even a word?) first, then keeping him with an owd ewe or two, sounds like the best plan.

Good luck!

[Fleecewife]

Have you thought of putting him back on the bottle until he's well again?   I don't rear bottle lambs but 6 weeks for weaning seems awfully early and as he developed his weird behaviour soon after coming off milk perhaps the early weaning has something to do with the problem.


(On re-reading I see he started it before being weaned, but I still think it's worth a go to bottle feed, just to get some nutrition in him)

[kanisha]

Have you thought of putting him back on the bottle until he's well again?   I don't rear bottle lambs but 6 weeks for weaning seems awfully early and as he developed his weird behaviour soon after coming off milk perhaps the early weaning has something to do with the problem.

good point my rescue dobe lost half of her ear the litter of pups were taken off the dam at four weeks of age and they suckled on her ear, she was the smallest pup in the litter they damaged her ear to the point it developed necrosis

[farmvet]

have you ever seen him drinking water? I wonder if he's a bit mentally challenged and not found the water trough yet, or worked out how to drink without a teat.

[firther]

I wouldn't keep him for a breeding tup if that's what he gets up to 

[Hellybee]

Our didn't come of the  bottle til 12 weeks.

[feldar]

We wean ours at 6 weeks, i've lost good strong orphans through bloat by leaving them on the bottle too long. Can you pen him back in the field with the others so he can see them but not get to them. Then you can feed him seperately and get him hooked on creep not wee.

[Marches Farmer]

I'd say goodbye to that one.