RockinRRanch

RockinRRanch

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

3/11/2020







Poor Wilma is still sick.  This morning I noticed she walked away when I was feeding.  Her head was held low.  I watched her and she wouldn't let her lamb nurse.  I didn't have long before we had to leave for school.  I thought she may need calcium so I crushed up some tums and fed it as a paste to her.  Adam helped me.  She was acting the same when I fed this afternoon.  I caught her and put her in a stall.  She was showing symptoms of milk fever.  I gave her calcium gluconate under the skin in several spots.  After 5 hrs of no improvement I dosed her again.  And then again around 1am.  She wasn't improving and it was super frustrating.  I really wished Jared was home.  Adam helped me, even at 1am.  



1 comment:

Mom/Nana Schaard said...

You are pretty amazing how you know how to take care of sick sheep. What a blessing that Adam is such a great help.