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High percentage teeswaters aren't cheap and culling for meat is a poor financial choice if we can figure out why she isn't putting on some weight. Getting her to a fiber flock where she won't be bred is a preferred option, but there's no need to pass on a problem, hence my question about...

She's been on pasture. No supplemental feed during the summer. Many other sheep- all other sheep are fine. The ewe is too small to breed at this point. Vet will come to check in a few days. Just checking the hive mind on this.

I have a young teeswater ewe (15 months). She's struggled to gain weight, but has never had serious parasite issues, eats ravenously, otherwise a health animal. Just small and boney. Perhaps 90 pounds, tops. I've had someone suggest that perhaps it's her teeth, and they may need to be...