Yesterday the two handfed lambs were fully weened. We also noticed they started looking and acting strange. The girl ended up getting shocked on the fence and then walking in circles. After Eric got home he did some research and found the 'circling disease', listeriosis. The only treatment is high doses of antibiotics.
I just got finished making some herbal glycerites and goldenseal was one of them. Goldenseal happns to be antibiotic, so I started dosing them with 1 tsp. every hour. They started getting better after about 2 doses. they were up and walking around and were looking good. Unfortunately I fell asleep around 3am and wasn't able to continue. So in the morning we realized they had died. Madison was very unhappy since she had fed them, they were her babies.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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