Originally from: Sue Burton
                        
Hi Folks,

Just wondering if anyone can offer any help or advice. We recently took in a Wensleydale ewe 5yrs old and with no health problems, but severely overweight, from Derby. Three weeks after we found her (last Saturday) in great pain.She was bloated.The vet drenched her with liquid paraffin and gave her probiotics & bicarb and injected pain killers. He also diagnosed acute laminitis.She is now just on a hay diet.

She seemed to pick up a bit. Four days later she was uncomfortable and pressing her head against the wall to relieve the pain. The Vet advised drenching he with ketosaid every four hours and that helped her. But a week after it all started she is still showing signs of pain when she lies down. Her urine tested negative for ketones. Bloods taken yesterday showed nothing conclusively. He liver and organs are all fine. The white blood cell count was low indicative of a sheep with a severe infection – but she is showing no signs of infection at all. Her gut all sounds good.

We are really at our wits end as to what to do for the poor girl, In between attacks she is fine. SHe lies down a lot due to the laminitis but she eats her hay happily, chews the cud and interacts well with her sister and us. Has anyone encountered anything similar? Is there anything particularly that Wensleydales are prone to? If anyone has any ideas I would be most grateful to hear from you.

Many thanks

Sue Burton