Thanks for the reply. She had been eating hay and has access to grass as well as milk from the ewe. Also she is around 1 month old.What has it ate?
There are two types of bloat
Google "free gas bloat" and "frothy bloat"
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The ewe had tasvax 8 and the lamb hasn’t been given anything. The grass is lush spring growth as it hasn’t been grazed on yet and as for the free gas bloat or frothy bloat I think it would be free gas bloat over the frothy if it is bloat. I’m not so sure that it is though, as I gave the baking soda water and oil and it didn’t help with the gas, as well as we passed a tube down her throat and no gas was released that way either. Though the oil we gave her seemed to pass through her system as she now has the runs which now that I think about it I don’t know if she had been pooping the last day or 2, she maybe was plugged up or had a blockage that the oil was able to help pass? She still looks bloated although her to sides aren’t as firm and are more squishy. I also had the thought that it may be pulpy kidney, but she would surely be dead by now if it was.Welcome to the site
Was the ewe vaccinated against the clostridial diseases prior to lambing and has the lamb been done since birth. This sounds a bit like pulpy kidney, the only thing swinging me away from that is it is usually a very quick killer.
You say she has access to grass and I'm wondering if it's lush spring growth? Read HD's suggestions and see if that helps - in 40 years of keeping sheep I've never had bloat in them, just in cattle when they gorge themselves on spring clover.
Cheers,
Ronnie
