Whew! 9:43 and I just came in.
I’ve checked on Prolapse Ewe all day. I collected fecal samples a couple of days ago, so after morning chores, I got busy on them. I finished at nearly 2, running out to check on ewe.
At 3:35 I checked on ewe. Uh oh. She had managed to squeeze out a bag of amniotic fluid. How did she get THIS through those stitches??
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I texted Chase for help, he tied her up and held her still while I cut stitches loose. Then I watched. Nothing. She’s either going to miscarry, have lambs, or turn her insides out and die. I took pictures and sent to my friend. I was not optimistic. I told him that I wished that I could tell him how it was going to wind up, but I wouldn’t know until it got here. Be prepared for the worst and anything above that, take as a nice surprise. He texted back that he understood.
On one of my trips out to check on the ewe, there was a RATTLESNAKE right next to the back porch and I nearly stepped on it! First thing I did was put Carson up so he wouldn’t help me. Sentry and Buford were barking at their gate, they knew it was there. I grabbed a shovel.
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Hahaha! I pulled a
@Mini Horse style attack! Snake was biting shovel blade, I got him about 8” behind his head. I wanted to step on the shovel, to cut it in half, but didn’t want it to bite through my boot. Aha! A wood stake! Keeping pressure on the shovel, I sidled over to reach for the stake, then started whacking the snakes head. I channeled my inner
@Mini Horse and beat that head over and over. Then stepped on shovel, cutting snake behind head, OFF. Then I raised shovel and beat a Smack Down on that snake head.
Snake was 5’ long, 11 rattles and a button.
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Snake in a bucket anyone?
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I fed dogs, sheep, did chores. Check ewe. Cook supper, check ewe. Sitting in recliner, could see her through window. She was laying down, she raised her head and pointed her nose to the sky. That is a sign of being in labor! All of a sudden, she stood up and turned around! Something on the ground! I was outa there and at her pen as fast as I could get there.
A lamb! And breathing! Not dead! Then another lamb! Covered in yellow, that’s a sign of difficult labor. Ya’ think? I ran for towels, scrubbed them to further stimulate breathing, wiped faces and nostrils. Both were baa baaing!
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They struggled to their feet, trying to find milk. I squeezed a teat, milk! I helped one latch on and it started sucking. I squeezed the other teat and got nothing. No milk. I worried that they wouldn’t get enough colostrum, so I called Atwoods. Yes they had lamb colostrum . It was 7:30.
I hopped on the Kawasaki mule, raced it to my car at church and drove car to Atwoods. I found the colostrum and got a bag. It was getting dark. Once I got on the mule to drive the 2 miles home on the terrible road, it was going to be dark, and no lights on the mule. So I bought a good flashlight too.
I got home , mixed colostrum and went out to see if the lambs were hungry. They had full tummies, but took a little bit. The ewe moved and……. WHAT?? Another one?? TRIPLETS?? Yes! I offered it the bottle and it sucked down almost 2 ounces.
Mom is taking good care of her babies.
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. Is she prolapsed, too? What a wowzer. Ok, they need to come get the family -- the hard part is done...if bottle babes, it's their treat. 
sounds like the ewe just had a vaginal prolapse rather than a uterine prolapse. Neither is good of course but sounds like she’ll have a good chance at raising them. Esp if the other teat starts working. Guessing the prolapse happened because she had no room left at the inn. 
