Re: [blackbelly] Rejected lamb: what to do?

[Carol J. Elkins]

Jenny, I only have experience with one rejected lamb so my opinion may not 
be the best one your receive. My concern with your arrangement is that a 
lamb needs to nurse more often than 3 or 4 times a day--at least for the 
first couple of weeks. Were this my lamb, I would probably supplement what 
it gets from its mom by bottle feeding it and continue to try to force mom 
to accept it for a couple more days. I've heard that first time woolie ewes 
can exhibit this behavior, but I'm surprised to see it in a Barbado.

To learn when and how to bottle feed, readers can go to 
http://www.critterhaven.biz/bummerlamb.htm for details.

Carol

At 06:23 PM 4/6/2004 -0600, you wrote:
I have two ewes.One lambed last Sunday morning. She had grown very large, 
and her udder was large and full. She licked the (ram) lamb clean, but 
would not let him nurse.
Carol Elkins
Critterhaven Estate
Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
(no shear, no dock, no fuss)
Pueblo, Colorado
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