[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 44, Issue 25

[Liz]

The reason you want to wait to give oxytocin until AFTER ALL lambs are born is becuase it also causes contractions in the uterus, so any lambs in there might be birthed to quickly!
   
  Liz

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Today's Topics:

1. young ewe with little milk and no mothering interest
(Kate Barrett)
2. Re: Young ewe with low milk supply (ARTHUR PARTRIDGE)


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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:43:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Kate Barrett" 
Subject: [Jacob-list] young ewe with little milk and no mothering
interest
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Well< at 48 hours in the jug the mom is finally allowing the lamb to
nurse, and actually showing some interest in being a mom. She no longer
needs to be tied and held...what a relief. I think I will leave them
jugged for a couple more days. The lamb nurses very frequently and I am
hoping this will bring in more milk. He is getting rounder, so he must be
getting something. Thanks for the help the list has offered. As usual
about when I am at the end of my rope the situation improves:)
Kate



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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:16:20 -0700
From: "ARTHUR PARTRIDGE" 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Young ewe with low milk supply
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>He is a strong lamb, and works very hard at getting his

>food, but honestly the bag is so small, and when I attempt to milk the ewe

>I hardly get anything out at all. I guess if this continues I can try to

>graft him on another ewe, and or supplement him. 

>Kate Barrett

>Ruby Peak Jacobs

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The same thing happened to me. I bought a pregnant ewe that the previous
owner had bred too soon. Like yours, the ewe was a year old when she gave
birth to a vigorous ram lamb, only there wasn't any milk to feed the lamb. 
The udder was very small and dry. I fed the lamb some colostrum that had
been frozen and then took them both to the vets office. All they could do
was give her a subcutaneous injection of a hormone called oxytocin which is
supposed to "let the milk down" (quote from Managing Your Ewe and Her
Newborn Lamb by Laura Lawson. She suggests giving 2cc). After a few days
I found out that the lamb was nursing even though I was bottle feeding him.
I call it double dipping. So everything turned out just fine. Looks like
the problem in both cases is a very young mother giving birth for the first
time. My ewe never had the problem again.

Hope that helps, I don't know if the oxytocin worked or not. There is a
note in the book to give oxytocin to ewes only AFTER they have given birth
to all lambs.

Cathy
Moscow, Idaho




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