Wash your hand with soap, put some betadine or vaseline on it and slowly insert it. Feel around. If there is a dead lamb in there, you MUST pull it out. If it is positioned so that you can't get it out, try to turn it so that the front legs and nose are pointed to the cervix. If you can't manage that (it can be very tricky), get a vet out there ASAP or rush the ewe to the vet. Frankly, I'm surprised the ewe is still alive if she has another lamb in her.
Any time a ewe has trouble delivering or looks bad after delivering a normal birth, you must suspect a second lamb and go investigate.
Carol
At 04:34 PM 7/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:
Hello I have a ewe that had a little lamb hanging out of her. I assume she had trouble trying
to deliver it. It must have happen late the previous night. I assisted her
in pulling the dead lamb out. I thought I felt another inside her. This was the
3rd of July. The ewe is standing off by herself. She looks ill. I'm looking
for any quick advice. It is now the 5th of July.
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