random series of thoughts delete now or hang on tight; this is a video of a 14 day old ouessant lamb. ( dont worry her size is normal for a ouessant) ...
Renée, Thanks for posting the Wensleydale article link. It is very interesting. I do think that there is something to illness and color. It is most likely due...
Hi Del, thanks for the thoughts. I think I'm getting it now. I have found quite a number of "syndromes" mostly in humans but some in animals that seem to...
We had a lamb that got seizures once. We had switched mineral supplements to save money - - baaad idea. He was a bottle lamb. He had a major problem in that...
Hi Fred thanks for the reply; I have wondered about the possibility of a dietary problem and lots of other things to! one thing she is not tense when she goes...
I just watched the video on the collapsing lamb. It is difficult for me to tell on the tape, but does this lamb have a slightly domed (bulging) forehead? If...
Hi all thoughts are welcome:-) you are right she does have a slightly domed head but for reasons unknown this is characteristic of many newborn ouessant lambs;...
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I don't know - I think typically (in other species like the dog) neonatal hydrocephalics have no symptoms because the cranial bones have not fused, so the...
Renée, I just located the author of a veterinary paper (published in Veterinary Record, 2001) reporting on narcolepsy in a ram lamb. The author is Eugene...
It is the REM (random eye movement) of the eye. I have a good friend that has seizures. The eyes jerk and roll like that. In seizure terms it looks more than a...
Hi thank you yes if its possible I would love to see the paper and any coments as to how to diferentiate this would be welcome; By all means email him. Renée ...
Hi thanks; interesting will check more into seizures I understood going straight into REM sleep was a symptom of narcolepsy but again I don't know that...
After 23 years we will no longer be breeding Finnsheep. We are getting up in years and will only be keeping a few ewes to mow the pastures. We have two very...
Except that the problem comes and goes I would suspect Cerebral Palsy. That is brain damage done by low oxygen in the womb or shortly after birth. You may want...
Hi Kathy, thanks what ever it is it is almost always precipitated by feeding or anticipation of feeding. the video was taken at feed time I knew if I asked her...
Get the vet (or yourself if you can do it) to draw blood in the morning before you feed her. Then feed her and draw another blood sample 45 minutes to an hour...
thanks I have very little hope with my vet nice guy but not used to doing anything with large animal that doesn't involve an economic outlook so not...
six weeks old; http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd278/SperedBreizh/Photo588.jpg her episodes of going completely out are running at about one every five days...
hi renee if this is indeed what your little girl has, it is not a big problem. the only problem is if she has a this episode and happens to pass out in the...
Hi Shelley thanks the biggest worry for me was that she was collapsing when feeding. The first time I introduced hard feed she was unable to stay standing long...
HI Renee, Among our lambs we had one with entropion -- I mention it because it was so disappointing, since he seemed to be (and it turned out he was) a...
Hi Corrine many thanks can you forward it off list as this list strips attachments. I found this article very useful. I think you have to subscribe with an...
Hi Penny its such a dilemma always with things like this. where do i draw the line the parents aren't related their respective flocks couldn't be more...
hi i believe once you have a seizure disorder, you have it forever. i would say as your lamb grows, the episodes will probably decrease. she will still get...
Hi Shelley thanks:-) I've cared for quite a few pets with seizures and even some with just abscences there is quite an array of medication out there and my vet...
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