[Jacob-list] squatting ewes/ premie?

[Kathryn Shirley]

The most obvious signs I have seen are:  floppy ears (may affect only
one), hooves take longer to "dry up/harden", gait is not even,
especially in the back end (tend to crab sidewise when walking), baa is
much quieter/softer,  an unfocused look to the eyes, and sometimes the
eyes don't track.  Tracking is when the eyes work together to look at
something.  If they don't track, one eye could be looking forward and
the other to the side--kind of weird looking.

In my experience, a lamb that is more than two weeks premature suffers
from "dead lamb disease".

Kate Shirley, Humbug Farm

linda wrote:

> I guess this one may be a premie. Her hooves are solid now and
> normally formed.  They didn't exactly "turn up."  It was more as if
> they were soft and still malleable and you pinched the tips between
> your fingers.
> I have a book somewhere that shows fetal lamb development.  I don't
> have the time or energy to look for it now.  What exactly would be
> other signs of a 2 week (or more) premature lamb?
>
> Linda
> who hammered the first nail in the new house today at 12:32 pm!
>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 14:41:08 -0500, Kathryn Shirley wrote:
> >  My floppy eared lamb also walked on her hind fetlocks.  Definitely
> a preemie.
> www.PatchworkFibers.com
> Registered Jacob Sheep
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