Orphan Lamb in the house

[brianbeth84]

I have a new lamb who was orphaned slightly after birth. (He was born with crooked legs and mom pushed her uterus out, vet fixed, she pushed back out again, vet had to put her to sleep).

We have had a great 3 weeks and Oliver thinks he's a golden lab. I have a diaper on him to get his pee but cannot find anything to fit to catch the poo.. Any suggestions?

He goes outside every day for a few hours with all my other lambs and babies his age so he realizes he's not a dog but it's getting cold here and he is starting to shiver... I fear that he is going to be in the house until Spring!

Any suggestions for pooping and containment?

 

[purplequeenvt]

Ram lambs are hard to diaper. I'd put one diaper around his middle for the pee and the another on normally (with a hole cut for the tail) for the poop. If he isn't too large, you might be able to find a diaper long enough to cover everything.

 

[BrownSheep]

I would leave him outside with the others. As long as he has other sheep to lay with and/or straw and shelter he will be fine. He most likely shivering because he isn't use to the temperature change between outdoors and indoors.

 

[brianbeth84]

Ram lambs are hard to diaper. I'd put one diaper around his middle for the pee and the another on normally (with a hole cut for the tail) for the poop. If he isn't too large, you might be able to find a diaper long enough to cover everything.

I bought pull ups with Buzz Lightyear, cut a hole for his tail and it just slides right off him when he runs...:/

Today I put him outside with the others at 7am, fed him his bottle then and again 4 oz at 10:30. I'll keep him out there until night time but I am going to bring him in overnight.. I don't want to go out at midnight to bottle feed him. As I am researching it appears that I can wean him around 6-10 weeks, He nibbles on the sheep feed but nothing significant. I guess I worry because he is such a runt.

I can't figure out how to post pictures or I would.

Thanks for all your advice.

 

[Ruus]

You have to have 10 posts I think before you can post pictures. Good luck with your little one!

 

[brianbeth84]

Thanks. I tend to be a "creeper" and read a lot of threads but never post. Thanks for the advice!

 

[purplequeenvt]

Ram lambs are hard to diaper. I'd put one diaper around his middle for the pee and the another on normally (with a hole cut for the tail) for the poop. If he isn't too large, you might be able to find a diaper long enough to cover everything.

I bought pull ups with Buzz Lightyear, cut a hole for his tail and it just slides right off him when he runs...:/

Today I put him outside with the others at 7am, fed him his bottle then and again 4 oz at 10:30. I'll keep him out there until night time but I am going to bring him in overnight.. I don't want to go out at midnight to bottle feed him. As I am researching it appears that I can wean him around 6-10 weeks, He nibbles on the sheep feed but nothing significant. I guess I worry because he is such a runt.

I can't figure out how to post pictures or I would.

Thanks for all your advice.

Duct tape!

We never feed our bottle lambs in the middle of the night. They get fed first thing in the morning, a couple times during the day, and then before bed. OR we feed them off a pail with nipples so they can eat whenever they want.

 

[brianbeth84]

Do you happen to have a picture of this? "we feed them off a pail with nipples so they can eat whenever they want"

I'm trying to picture what it looks like.

Oliver is in a dog crate in the living room and around 1.30 am he decides he's hungry and starts bahahaha until someone comes...

 

[SheepGirl]

Google "Lambar" or bucket teat unit.

 

[brianbeth84]

THANKS! Looks genius!