[Jacob-list] Sick pregnant yearling ewe

[Jeff Bourget]

Hello jacob listers,

    Im new here as well as to the breed, only been raising them no more then a 
year now and ive run into my first vet bill. She stayed overnight last night 
with them so they could check up on her thismorning. It seems she has something 
stuck in her throat, and she is straining to bring it up with her cud but keeps 
gagging and coughing with some foaming out her nose and saliva she produces out 
her mouth. We proceeded to try to get a tube down her throat to maybe free up 
the bloackage and releive some gas that seems to be bloating her up a bit. 
couldnt get it down into her stomach-it just wouldnt go. although this helped 
with aiding her to cough up more hay or whatever was blocked up in her, it didnt 
do much. This yearling now, turned one this month...has a history of eating to 
fast and after grain from time to time i could see her straining with it but she 
would always be alright after a few minutes. as if she just needed to breathe 
while she was eating wich im sure she never does. All my other sheep tend to 
leave the grain when they had their fill leaving the ram to finish it up. I 
think it finally hit its worst and she couldnt take it anymore. Anyway the vet 
called this morning and said he got the tube down her, releived some pressure to 
her belly were he could feel her lamb moving around, so she very well could be 
close to giving birth. He put down a mixture of charcoal like liquids to see if 
that would help her with any toxins she may have ate. Any experience in this 
type of complication!? anybody?? im not sure how she will be, and ide like to 
save her lamb if i could. Ive got to much into her at this point. 


you can see this poor girl (avis) on my site as well as all my lambs born so 
far, had a ram lamb born yesterday morning out of Rona.

Josh Bourget in Rhode Island.
www.fiercehornfarm.com 


      
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