[Jacob-list] lamb barely breathing

[Linda]

What a happy story!  Thanks so much for sharing.

Linda

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:03:57 EST, RnS1260 at aol.com wrote:
> Went out for our morning check to find my husbands half Southdown
> half Jacob ewe had lambed. She had a healthy ram lamb at her side.
> One lamb laying just outside the shed barely breathing, icy cold
> and frost on her face. We raced to the house, tube fed her with
> some colostrum and gave her the recommended dose Sub-Q of lactated
> ringers (Dextrose-Soution). We broke that into two doses. We were
> getting a little response. Her eyes were still closed, but I could
> feel her heart rate increasing. Her Temp. was about 84 degrees at
> this point. Normal being 101. We submerged her into a warm bath,
> increasing the temperature to about 100 degrees for thirty minutes.
> Eyes opened and we could see life. After drying her we covered her
> with a wool over and put her under a heat lamp. Still not out of
> the woods, we went out to get some of Moms milk. We continued
> milking Mom on and off until she had enough of us. We were able to
> get about an ounce an hour into the little ewe lamb by bottle.
> Probably about 7 ounces total. We then went back to the packaged
> colostrum for 24 hours. Then we put her on Super Lamb milk replacer
> and we are up to 4 ounces. Waking up every four hours beats every
> hour. About a once an hour seems to be a good rule of thumb.
> Raspberry Sue is running around like a frisky little lamb. Yeah!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!
> Cheryl and Daisey
> Rise "N" Shine Farm