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She seems fine today-eating, drinking, everything, just a little stiff. 🤷‍♀️

I train my herding dogs on sheep, and I have this one yearling lamb that will occasionally freak out and run into the fence when we are working them. She did it today and either broke or dislocated her neck. It was all bent and she couldn’t walk and when I straightened it I could feel it pop in...

I don’t see any reason to assume she’s pregnant, but you could send some blood to a lab and find out. Most of my does stil aren’t cycling for the year yet. Also, occasionally you will get a doe with an extremely sneaky heat.

You might want to run fecal to make sure she doesn’t have any parasites. 7 weeks is pretty early to wean, but wouldn’t necessarily cause this. Then again it could, so keep it in the back of your mind. Some lines are extremely slow growing, and it could be a combination of things too. Do you have...

Okay. Our alfalfa bales are 115+ pounds, grass is typically about 90, and then others have those 1,000+ pound bales. I was just thinking that our Angus cows aren't eating 2 square bales a day, LOL.

@farmerjan How much do your square bales of hay weigh? I assume they are a bit smaller than mine...

A lot of times the ones that start forming udders and are not pregnant or ever had kids are uneven like that. In my experience when they are bred, they freshen wih nice even udders.

She had them(5) last night. No way this cat would be coming into my house! She’s a monster sometimes, besides that we just don’t have house pets.

Oh, we have a farm cat doing the same thing! She’s been “due” for over two weeks now, and is still holding them hostage! We’ve been locking her up every night for the same reasons you did, and I think she’s just holding onto them to be spiteful, at this point. I’m glad yours finally popped...

Whole hand. Whole arm, if the kids are deep enough or need that much repositioning.

Hello from southern WA, about an hour from you!

With that strength, I give 1 ML twice a day for at least 7 days. As concerns the LA200: I think 36 hours is long enough ago for the penicillin to be effective, but maybe a more experienced member will chime in and say for sure.

Colostrum has little to no benefit after the babies are 24 hours old, so don’t bother. She’s definitely too young to be weaned, so plan on bottle feeding her 3-4 times a day, but I’d also leave her with Mom and siblings for the company. With a fever like that, definitely keep her on an...

I had an outbreak shortly after I started with rabbits, in the winter. Lost a few(sent one in for necropsy, so it was verified what it was), culled the rest, and haven’t had anymore cases since then(over two years ago). I didn’t do any special cleaning or anything, though maybe I should have.

Just keep an eye on her, the discharge she passes, and her temp. As long as she's acting fine, discharge isn't stinky, and she doesn't have a fever, you are fine. I haven't had to give antibiotics yet, even in cases just like you described. :)

Usually no placenta until the kids are all out.

Can you post a picture of the discharge, so we can get a better idea of what it looks like? How much discharge does she have? Do you have a certain due date on her?

Yes. WADDL has a selenium and trace element screen, that they send to someplace in ID who actually runs it. You have to separate the serum off prior to shipping though, so need a good relationship with your vet.

I wean when I get sick of dealing with them, LOL. Usually 3-6 months old.

This might help...