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NW Iowa-Lyon | I have an ewe that went down on Friday morning sometime between 2 and 6 o'clock. Pulled her out of the pen and had the vet come out at about 11 or 12. Vet said it was Pregnancy Toxemia. Vet treated her and gave her a 50/50 chance of surviving. Me personally I only gave her about a 5% chance. Would have done a C-section but she was about 2-3 weeks out from lambing. Well continued to treat her with propylene glycol ever 5 hrs. I had a bottle lamb to feed also so that was not a big deal. Well she survived and is walking and running again. Problem not is that she adorted her 2 really big twins last night. They were both dead. She had milk so I took my bottle lamb and gave that lamb a mother and the ewe has a baby now. She is a 3-4 year old polypay ewe. Will she get Pregnancy Toxemia again if I keep her or should I just cull her out and not take the risk?
Also I had a post on here about 3-4 weeks ago and my luck has turn around. I have had 10 ewes lambs since then and my birth rate/live rate 190%. Have not lost one since my last post. I am not counting this last ewe due to the fact she got sick and I guess I kind of figured on her losing her lambs. Thanks to the guys that posted to keep with them. Also I need to get some pics on here to show my set up. Sorry this post got so long.
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Should I keep this ewe or cull her??
