im now waiting for the pygmys to kid in a month so maybe this is my pretest? :laugh: ![]() thanks for all you guys have helped me with, i really do appreciate it. i have given the goats their shots but they arent just skin and bones lol. i was very nervous about giving his penicillin shot this morning but think i did ok, vet showed me how to hold his skin. he walks stiff legged but i think that may go away as he starts to improve. im sitting with him for a while then will put him back in his box until i get the dog crate down for him for the day. hes pooped twice however i didnt really examine to see if he had peed in his box yet, is my next step. but he hadnt eaten since 8:30 last night. he did good this morning, i came down and he was half sitting up wanting to stand so i took him out and let him stretch his legs and walk while i made more formula and a bottle. i am considering leaving him in the basement for at least a week if not a little longer til i get some body on him. i am going to put him in one of my dogs crates for the day so he can get up and move and i know he will be safe. I have to go to ts today so i will pick up the nutridrench. thank you again for all of your encouragement and advice!! :hug: i feel a little better with him in the house and close that if i want to check him i can but probably wont as i dont want to wake him up. i am debating leaving the light on or turning it off. have put up some barriers in case he manages to get out of the box. i am still not going to do the heat lamp the basement is about 45-50 degrees and i think that is warm enough, i dont want to over heat him. he will evaluate him in two weeks again to see where we are if he reaches that milestone. ![]() no idea if he indeed is blind as the vet said he was so out of it from what he was fighting it was hard to tell. only time will tell now how he will fair. the one thing the vet said when he looked at his gums and tongue that the color was good so it was positive. he does eat standing so that is good and he is peeing and pooping. i know he wont do a lot of walking as i dont expect his energy level to be much of anything right now. i put a clean comforter in the box to make it warm and comfy and draped the other blanket on him and he was drifting off to sleep. he took about six ounces walked a little and then laid down. we took him out of th box to stand and walk a little bit. i went downstairs and his head was up, he had gotten himself out of the blanket. i was very anxious to get home and honestly thought i was going to find a little dead lamb. i put hot water bags behind and on him, well on the blanket that was around him, and we had a function we needed to go to. i really thought we were going to lose him after coming home from the vet as he was just so drained and listless. i dont want to do it yet as his body is going through a lot right now. i am however going to see if i can get goats milk and gradually change him over. I have him on sav a lamb right now as i had it on hand. Re: need help with lamb, sounds congested i know it is day by day and not sure if he will make it, i just hate having to pick up where someone leaves off to try and get babies better and i am hoping sheep are similar in care to goats so we are going to give him the best chance to survive and if he does we know he will be a special needs pet. im going to set up half of our little shed for him and put a heat lamp in there. he could have milked mom out but im not sure. i tried to get him to nurse and the owner did come and let him got two hours before deciding to give him a bottle. i dont believe this baby had any colostrum either and it made me angry. i know there is a problem with his vision and i will have the vet look at that also but in the meantime i dont know when he can get here and i want to try and get something in him to help him along. i heard a little noise and he somehow got out of the pen and was over by the watering trough trying to walk into the fence. i thought he had passed on during the night because when i went out to check on the goats and him this morning he wasnt in the bonding pen with mom and sister. when he was born, i think he inhaled some fluid as it was a very long delivery and i had to pull him out, the owner was at work and nobody else was home at his house. ![]() the problem is he sounds congested in the nose, he isnt coughing, its more in his nose and i am afraid it is in his chest. so now i have to try and get him better and i will call the vet this morning. the owner this morning came in while i was feeding him and said well it looks like he isnt going to do it on his own so if you want him hes yours. I have a previous post about difficutl delivery with twin lambs describing this little guy.
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