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2/27/2013

 
Okay at this point I have to admit that we too have more questions then answers about Sage and her newborn twins.  So I have decided to lay out the days events as they happened so that if any one has any ideas they can let us know.  

Monday
    around noon the storm moved in
    around 5pm we found Sage in the outside shed with twins they were hunched over and barely moving 
    Sage had a bag but it had not dropped
    We took Sage and the twins to the barn to warm them
    Couldn't get the babies to quit shivering took all of them to the house
    Tried to get milk from Sage with no luck
    Called a Shepherd friend who said to give Sage some LA200 (antibiotic) Said if it was an infection it would make her bag drop
    Fed and watered Sage
    The babies got warm and tried to drink Sage's water 
    Gave each baby a part of a bottle but neither really wanted it

Tuesday
    Sage still didn't have milk and the babies were thin and weak    
    Called Vet was told to give her the first oxytocin shot then another in 12 hours
    Also gave babies half dose of Colostrum paste as it was all we had so we split it between the two of them
    Gave a dose of powdered colostrum
    By this point Sage has only drank 1/2 a small bucket of water
    Mom got her to eat grain by mixing in alfalfa pellets
    Both Babies were still weak
    Waited about 2 hours and called the vet again
    Babies were laying around and wouldn't raise their heads
    We got the older Vet on the phone and he instructed us to tube them each with 1/2 cup warm water with 1/2 tbsp honey desolved in it it had something to do with the hypothermia and them digesting food
    Two hours later Cheyenne, the  littler one started to show signs of improvement but we lost Ponca
    By 9pm Cheyenne was up and hungry and took a few sips from a bottle She played on Mom a bit and seemed stonger
    By 11 pm Cheyenne took half a bottle curled up and went to bed

Wednesday
    By 6am Cheyenne took half a bottle
    We moved Sage back out with the sheep to see if she would eat or drink regular
    Another Shepherd that read the blog called and said we should worm her as if she has worms it can lead to her having trouble with the milk dropping. 
    Sage ate fine but still hasn't taken in much water
    Because Sage still hasn't drank anything she was drenched with water with Vitamins and minerals in it.
    As of right now Cheyenne is bouncing around the kitchen like she is happy and healthy

    
    
So mine and Mom's question is the same ... What went wrong this time??  Any ideas or suggestions would be great ...
Diane
2/27/2013 12:50:20 pm

She's ADORABLE!!!

Kate Lowder
2/27/2013 02:00:33 pm

Lambing is a new adventure with every birth, and the minute you get comfortable and think you know what you are doing they trip you up and teach you something new.
Is the lamb spending much time with momma? There is the connection that makes things work for both momma and baby. Is momma nurturing or could care less?

RJ's Mom
2/27/2013 11:28:07 pm

They were together for the first two days then the Ewe went to laying down alot and not letting the lamb even try to nurse

KateJonze
2/27/2013 02:47:57 pm

It won't help this time, but my husband used to raise sheep and he said they always milked a ewe who had just lambed and froze some of the first milk (labeled with mom's name) in case her milk didn't drop right away the next time.

Cheyenne is looking good. Keeping fingers crossed!

RJ
2/27/2013 11:31:08 pm

I will have to remember that but this is our first lambing season so we don't have any real colostrum available and with the trips and quads we didn't want to take from them getting all they needed so we didn't milk those ewes either. We were going to with singles so it didn't put a strain on the ewes body of make her not have enough for the lambs she was raising. So far we haven't had any singles though

KateJonze
2/28/2013 12:44:32 am

Each of my husband's ewes had been a twin, and they all had twins. He said that milking a little didn't hurt the lambs. Ewe just made more.


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