URGENT - Ewe stopping labour between twins?!

[shepherdO]

Sorry for the typos. I'm texting when my left hand while my right is encased in a slimy and bloody lambing sleeve. And it's minus 20 degrees here. Nice amniotic icicle arm...

 

[Sheepshape]

Ground pawing happens whether it's a twin or the afterbirth as the ewe will be having painful contractions with either.

 

[Sheepshape]

I wonder you can type at all in that temp. and with all that's going on. You may need a heat lamp and a sedative......the lamp is for the lamb!

 

[shepherdO]

I have some penicillin so I've give her some later... I'll tell you the inside of a sheep's uterus isn't anything like I thought it would feel like. Couldn't feel anything anything that resembled a lamb

 

[shepherdO]

Ha ha I'm in the fully windproof and insulates Lambing shed although it's still beetle zero in here

 

[shepherdO]

Okay so something came out . Looks like afyerbrth but no placenta . Does that mean no twin for sure? She's still pawing a bit

 

[shepherdO]

Aftebirth in guessing ?

 

[Sheepshape]

I'll tell you the inside of a sheep's uterus isn't anything like I thought it would feel like. Couldn't feel anything anything that resembled a lamb

Yep...that sounds about right.....it all feels too tight. Even if the lamb is down there, it feels like bony lumps and squidgy bits. If you're lucky enough to locate the head, you're scared to poke the eyes out with your fingers, and the legs seem to be attached to everything. This reminds me....if you find a leg and the first joint from the hoof bends forwards it is a front leg, and if the first joint bends backwards, it's a back leg. This is useful as face and bum can feel very similar, unless you come across a tail.

 

[Sheepshape]

Does that mean no twin for sure? She's still pawing a bit

Unlikely to be another.

The cord in sheep is very thin and breaks very easily, so you often don't see it attached to the placenta, but you can see the placenta where it attaches to the lamb. Another reminder....if you have some 10% iodine solution dip the cord up to the body level on the lamb now and in 2 hours to help to prevent joint/navel ill. If you don't have any strong iodine solution, then iodine spray for hooves can be used.

Now is the time to take a pic. of the lamb, give mum some carbohydrates and water, and have a coffee/something stronger yourself.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Unlikely to be another.

The cord in sheep is very thin and breaks very easily, so you often don't see it attached to the placenta, but you can see the placenta where it attaches to the lamb. Another reminder....if you have some 10% iodine solution dip the cord up to the body level on the lamb now and in 2 hours to help to prevent joint/navel ill. If you don't have any strong iodine solution, then iodine spray for hooves can be used.

Now is the time to take a pic. of the lamb, give mum some carbohydrates and water, and have a coffee/something stronger yourself.

Nice job guys ! Congradulations