David Mansur
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:27:26 -0700
I had the same thing happen to one of my ewes. I saw her get hit by the lead ram and threw her to the side (she's the lead female). She limped away and by the next day was hurting really really bad. I kept her apart to give her time to heal, fed her a lot more than normal and in a few days she was fine on her own. Before I pulled her out she was hanging back from everyone, laying down A LOT, and was even bleeting a little more than she normally did. I can only attribute that to a really swollen hip and it hurt to move. Of course, you've got the pregnancy thing going on and a swollen eye to boot. I think others will know more about this than I. 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(Tracy Wessel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:28:55 -0000 (GMT) > From: "Tracy Wessel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Blackbelly] Ewe behavior - unwell or over pregnant? > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have a ewe that is very pregnant - she looks to have twins or triplets. > After breeding she had a pelvic injury as did several other ewes. I can > only guess the ram head butted them as I have seen him do (he's got an > appointment with the butcher but I can't move him myself, so I'm playing > phone tag with the mobile butcher). > > Anyway, she seemed to get over being lame behind but still walks a bit odd > - made me wonder if she had a dislocation or even a fracture. Anyway, I > notice her lying down a lot. She looks plump. I mean aside from her belly, > she doesn't lead me to believe that she is under nourished due to the > pregnancy, her back has good covering and I handled her two days ago and > didn't feel boney, nor obese. > > Anyway, I notice she is slow to get up in the morning, is slow to join the > flock enroute to the pasture each morning, but does bed down with her > girlfriend and the two rams. > > Saturday I noticed one eye swollen, cornea cloudy, weepy. I gave her 4.5ml > LA200 and flushed the eye, and gave her a dab of Banamine on Sunday. > Couldn't catch her this morning and didn't want her going nuts so I left > the injection in the barn to try again tonight, but actually the eye looks > much better. Still cloudy, but open and not weeping. > > Any guesses or suggestion on the eye and the frequent lying down? I don't > have reason to believe that she has a dead lamb as there is no discharge > or smell... I think as big as she is she must be uncomfortable. I am a tad > concerned about lambing. I've never had a Blackbelly have difficulty > lambing, but the only one that ever looks big like this is my ewe that > always twins. But that ewe never exhibits this behavior of discomfort. > > Tracy > Boring, OR > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:33:12 -0700 > From: Dayna Denmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe problems > To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Sounds like your ewe has a classic case of pink eye. As it is highly > contagious keep your eye on her companion sheep for signs of infection. A > really good product to use is called Terramycin ophthalmic ointment. This > disease can take weeks to clear up and sheep can also relapse but it is not > fatal. It's also very common. > As far as your ewe laying down a lot this is pretty common when they get > close to delivery. Age is a factor also. my oldest ewe spends the last few > weeks before delivery laying down almost all the time. She always twins and > because of that tends to walk more side to side because of her size. She also > grunts when she gets up and down. All signs that babies are on the way. Is > your ewe's udder full of milk? Also a sign she's getting close. Do you know > her due date? If she's late that can cause a lot of discomfort, too. > > Dayna > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:33:06 -0500 > From: Cecil Bearden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe behavior - unwell or over pregnant? > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I would research the signs of Chlamydia and take another look at her. > She may be ok, but the eye thing makes me think she may have an > infection. If it is Chlamydia, the LA200 is the drug of choice. > However, it may cause an abortion also. > > Cecil in OKla > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:44:15 -0400 > From: "Onalee Israel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe problems > To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > If it is pink eye the BEST thing for that is a trick I learned on this list > - washing morning and night with a solution of warm water and Johnson's baby > shampoo . You should really wash their whole face and really scrub their > eyes then put the terrimyacin (sp) oinment in them. I had a bad outbreak > once (from cats next door - sheep can get pink eye from cat urine!) and this > is the only way I could cure my herd - it took almost 10 days to finally > completely clear it up (after I finally learned about the shampoo), but the > Johnson's shampoo really did the trick. Be sure to use baby shampoo that > doesn't burn their eyes! Since it is contagious, you may want to wash all > their eyes/faces/ears - be sure to use a DIFFERENT rag on each one and don't > put used rags back in the soap solution. > > > Onalee > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:52:14 -0000 (GMT) > From: "Tracy Wessel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe behavior - unwell or over pregnant? > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Oh I figured pink eye, but didn't know LA200 could cause abortion. Wonder > should I not give another dose as long as the eye appears to be healing. > > T > > > On Mon, April 7, 2008 10:33 pm, Cecil Bearden wrote: > > I would research the signs of Chlamydia and take another look at her. > > She may be ok, but the eye thing makes me think she may have an > > infection. If it is Chlamydia, the LA200 is the drug of choice. > > However, it may cause an abortion also. > > > > Cecil in OKla > > > > > -- > tracy wessel > graphic & web design > Portland, OR > www.tracywessel.com > > "What you think of me is none of my business." The Tao > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > This daily digest is from the Blackbelly mailing list. > Visit this list's home page at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ > > > End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 42 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info