LAMBS FROM BIRTH UNTIL WEANED IO3 



in a warm covering and placed near enough the stove to 

 warm gradually. A small amount of milk is given to it, 

 providing it can swallow the same, and in the milk there 

 should be a small amount of spirits, preferably gin. By 

 the second, the lamb is immersed for a short time in 

 warm water except, of course, the head. It may be neces- 

 sary to add more hot water after the lamb has been in 

 the water for a short time. It is then vigorously rubbed 

 until dry, wrapped in a warm covering and placed near 

 the stove. The first method is usually followed with 

 lambs that are not chilled to the extent of their being un- 

 able to take nourishment, and the second method when 

 they are so far gone as to be unable to take good food. 

 In the early stages of the chilling process, the lamb may 

 sometimes be revived by simply giving it milk and 

 wrapping it for a time in some warm corner of the sheep 

 shed. 



Certain hazards are to be avoided in the attempt to 

 revive chilled lambs. One of these is the danger that the 

 lamb will be strangled in the attempt to give it milk. A 

 second is the hazard that it may be given more milk than 

 it can digest when in a condition so weakly. A third is 

 that excessive heat from the stove may further sicken 

 the lamb and so hasten its death. A fourth is the danger 

 that constipation may follow. When the indications of 

 such a condition manifest themselves (see p. 417), the 

 treatment should be given outlined on the same page. The re- 

 vived lamb should not be kept away from the dam longer 

 than is absolutely necessary, lest she disown it. 



If lambs are chilled when born in the pastures, the 

 problem of reviving them is usually more complicated. 

 The first effort, of course, should be to care for the lamb. 

 This done it will usually be necessary to confine the dam 

 to the sheds until the fate of the lamb has been fully de- 

 termined. To reduce the unrest of the ewe at such a 

 time, she should have one or two companions. 



Ewes not owning their lambs Various reasons may 



