great video - I have written in goat magazines about not holding kids upside down after being born. New Zealand is free of Q fever so safer to give mouth to nose but can't do this in Australia.
I would be honoured :) Please just make sure you have a foot note on the screen directing people to Sez the Vet for the full episode, if you wouldn't mind, and give the source in the attributions
Yes absolutely, and there's been some good convo on here around that potential. Here in NZ we are pretty lucky, but is still always a risk especially if that little one has come early and we are not sure why.
Thanks for another helpful video. If a lamb didn't get any colostrum in the first 12-24hrs and they are now a very big lamb (technically a 2 year old wether 😁) do they develop an immune system over time? And can a plasma transfusion still help now or too late? Should they get antibiotics sometimes? Beans was found alone the morning after birth (previous afternoon), rejected, doubt he got any milk. This is Beans: ruclips.net/video/O_kHCwHNhTA/видео.html
Hi! No, Beans should be out of woods now. Colostrum protects them for just the first 3-5 weeks of age. They develop their own immune system a few weeks later. So at 2 years old, he will well and truly have his own immune system. I should say though, that these first 2-3 months old are when they are susceptible to acquiring the infection, but sometimes it will lodge and sort of lay hidden (eg in joints, or spine), not showing it face until they're a bit older. So if beans was 5 months old, for example, I would still say we can't be totally sure, but at 2 years anything should well and truly have reared its ugly head by now. He'll be just fine :)
@@SeztheVet Thank you! Phew, good to know. Beans does have a couple of issues. He developed bloat and had to be weaned early, he still has a tendency to bloat if he grazes in a clover rich paddock. He's also a bit overweight and he has sore hooves and I'm starting to worry it could be his joints or some hidden inflammation. Beans needs you to be his vet!
oh dear, poor little mate. High legume pasture is a common cause of bloat, bummer to deal with that but aside from preventative bloat oil is just something to deal with as it arises. Regarding his feet, If recommend checking out the vid on lamimitis in goats. A bunch of other things that can cause sore feet of course, but lamimitis is common, sneaky (as is going on on the inside) and often goes undiagnosed. see if the vid resonates. Poor Beans, Id love to be his vet too :) xx
@@SeztheVet I do worry he has prolonged mild lamimitis (if that's a thing) or some kind of hoof inflammation, he rocks from side to side coming down a hill for example. I'll try (again) to get a local vet to diagnose. Thanks again.
great video - I have written in goat magazines about not holding kids upside down after being born. New Zealand is free of Q fever so safer to give mouth to nose but can't do this in Australia.
> standing within an hour
My girls must be doing something right, because I've had to chase five minute old lambs who ran off to go exploring
You explained very well
Thanks Shanvika, glad you enjoyed it
This reminds me of A Christmas Romance (1994)
Hi Sez 🙂 Love your work. Can you please do a video about bloat in lambs? Thank you ❤🐑
Absolutely, it's already done and ready for you! Will be going up over the next 4 weeks or so :) Great minds..
@@SeztheVet Thank you! Can't wait to share it on our page.
Hi, shall I use a portion of this video content in my channel video to explain premature birth.
I would be honoured :) Please just make sure you have a foot note on the screen directing people to Sez the Vet for the full episode, if you wouldn't mind, and give the source in the attributions
Can you make a calving assistance video?
Thanks Timi, I'll put it on my list :)
Are we not worried about zoonotic diseases? I would feel pretty cautions about ventilating without some sort of protection (people or animals).
Yes absolutely, and there's been some good convo on here around that potential. Here in NZ we are pretty lucky, but is still always a risk especially if that little one has come early and we are not sure why.
I would never give mouth to mouth. Zoonotic diseases are a reality in Canada.
Is Twin Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️
Thanks for another helpful video. If a lamb didn't get any colostrum in the first 12-24hrs and they are now a very big lamb (technically a 2 year old wether 😁) do they develop an immune system over time? And can a plasma transfusion still help now or too late? Should they get antibiotics sometimes? Beans was found alone the morning after birth (previous afternoon), rejected, doubt he got any milk. This is Beans: ruclips.net/video/O_kHCwHNhTA/видео.html
Hi! No, Beans should be out of woods now. Colostrum protects them for just the first 3-5 weeks of age. They develop their own immune system a few weeks later. So at 2 years old, he will well and truly have his own immune system. I should say though, that these first 2-3 months old are when they are susceptible to acquiring the infection, but sometimes it will lodge and sort of lay hidden (eg in joints, or spine), not showing it face until they're a bit older. So if beans was 5 months old, for example, I would still say we can't be totally sure, but at 2 years anything should well and truly have reared its ugly head by now. He'll be just fine :)
I did watch his video :) what a cutie x
@@SeztheVet Thank you! Phew, good to know. Beans does have a couple of issues. He developed bloat and had to be weaned early, he still has a tendency to bloat if he grazes in a clover rich paddock. He's also a bit overweight and he has sore hooves and I'm starting to worry it could be his joints or some hidden inflammation. Beans needs you to be his vet!
oh dear, poor little mate. High legume pasture is a common cause of bloat, bummer to deal with that but aside from preventative bloat oil is just something to deal with as it arises. Regarding his feet, If recommend checking out the vid on lamimitis in goats. A bunch of other things that can cause sore feet of course, but lamimitis is common, sneaky (as is going on on the inside) and often goes undiagnosed. see if the vid resonates. Poor Beans, Id love to be his vet too :) xx
@@SeztheVet I do worry he has prolonged mild lamimitis (if that's a thing) or some kind of hoof inflammation, he rocks from side to side coming down a hill for example. I'll try (again) to get a local vet to diagnose. Thanks again.