[Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning
I have a 6 week old bottle lamb that has suddenly stopped taking her bottle. She has dropped her feedings by 2 oz. each time for the previous three days, now this morning and this evening she refused completely. She has been nibbeling bark, moss, grass etc. and drank water this evening. Anyone have information? She is a bit depressed but still up and pretty normal. No sign of bottle neck. My husband and I are worried. Thanks, Shwna Gulick ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning
Could she be constipated? Have you changed the temperature of her milk? Nancy - Original Message - From: ssja...@windstream.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 21:15 Subject: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning I have a 6 week old bottle lamb that has suddenly stopped taking her bottle. She has dropped her feedings by 2 oz. each time for the previous three days, now this morning and this evening she refused completely. She has been nibbeling bark, moss, grass etc. and drank water this evening. Anyone have information? She is a bit depressed but still up and pretty normal. No sign of bottle neck. My husband and I are worried. Thanks, Shwna Gulick ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning
Does she have access to mineral? I noticed that some of my bottle baby lambs this year really hit the mineral block hard at about 6 weeks of age. Will she take just water from the bottle? Is she eating any hay or creep feed? Does she have tapeworms? Shel ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ask me about Lamb's Choice Total colostrum! www.asylumfarm.com ~* Asylum Farm Blog*~ - Original Message - From: ssja...@windstream.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 21:15 Subject: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning I have a 6 week old bottle lamb that has suddenly stopped taking her bottle. She has dropped her feedings by 2 oz. each time for the previous three days, now this morning and this evening she refused completely. She has been nibbeling bark, moss, grass etc. and drank water this evening. Anyone have information? She is a bit depressed but still up and pretty normal. No sign of bottle neck. My husband and I are worried. Thanks, Shwna Gulick ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb stopped taking her bottle this morning
Shawna, What exactly was in her bottle feed??? We found that our bottle baby liked two bottles...one with diluted nutradrench (about a tsp of nutradrench to a couple of ounces of water) and then his milk replacer. Lambs can be lazy...the nutradrench gave him some liquid + some energy and seemed to stimutate his appetite. Did this lamb nurse at all?? Beth in OR ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
