I'm so sorry Onalee. That is absolutely horrible.
Hugs to you {{{{{{{{{{{Onalee}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
As to vets, we are extremely lucky and have a great
vet here in central Arkansas. He is an everything
vet, except poultry. I have learned a lot from
hands-on help with my vet. Yes, I usually only call
him on an emergency basis for my livestock, but he
also sees my dogs, so we have a rapport. Perhaps you
can find a horse or cattle vet who is willing to learn
with you about sheep. My vet has no problem saying he
doesn't know something and is more than willing to go
to his textbooks. I hope you can find one soon. I
hate to hear that the vet couldn't help you. I'm so
sorry
Hugs and blessings,
Marion
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> Thanks to everyone that replied. We lost the ewe
> and the baby on New Years
> Eve/early New Years day. Apparently, the baby had
> started into the birth canal
> head first, both front feet behind. The baby was
> huge - at least 10 pounds!
> This must have been why she wouldn't lay down, it
> must have hurt to lay down.
> When she did finally lay down and act like she was
> going in labor, she was not
> dilated enough for us to do anything to help her. We
> could only get 2 fingers
> in and couldn't feel the baby - since she was coming
> 3 days early we thought
> maybe it just wasn't really time yet - we were wrong
> - but she never dialated
> until the very end when we finally could get a hand
> (barely) in, we found the
> baby was dead, he was head first. we pushed him
> back, got legs out and pulled
> out, but she was torn up inside from trying to get
> it out without being
> dialated. We called the vet but couldn't get one
> out on New Years Eve - next
> morning it was too late to save her and she was in a
> lot of pain and still trying
> to push and was about to prolapse her uterus. Every
> time she pushed she moaned
> and screamed - she was in a lot of pain, so we put
> her down. She was my
> favorite ewe, just as sweet as she could be, I will
> really miss her, I'm still
> looking for her to be there and come up to beg a
> treat from me . . . .
>
> What do I do in the future if one is trying to have
> a baby but they aren't
> dialated enough?? Is there some kind of medicine I
> should try to have on hand
> that will make them dialate? We don't have a
> regular vet, which was another
> problem in trying to get one out here . .does
> everyone have a regular vet? What
> do you use them for . . .seems the only time we
> really need one is in an
> emergency and they don't want to come if you aren't
> a 'client' , but I only need
> one in an emergency . .usually on a holiday at
> midnight . . .
>
> Anyway, thanks everyone for the info and the link to
> Parker's book.
>
> Thank you!!
> Onalee
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