Re: [Blackbelly] Lamb with the runs (Julian Hale)

2010-03-26 Thread Julian Hale
At 04:38 PM 3/18/2010, you wrote: Interesting, Julian. I've always read that sulfa-based drugs have side effects and Corid has no known/proven side effects. I got hit hard with scours several times with our three bottle-ewes and a pygmy goat last year. I started with Albon and read up on how it

Re: [Blackbelly] Lamb with the runs (Julian Hale)

2010-03-26 Thread Cecil Bearden
Julian Hale wrote: At 04:38 PM 3/18/2010, you wrote: Interesting, Julian. I've always read that sulfa-based drugs have side effects and Corid has no known/proven side effects. I got hit hard with scours several times with our three bottle-ewes and a pygmy goat last year. I started with

Re: [Blackbelly] Lamb with the runs

2010-03-18 Thread Julian Hale
At 09:43 PM 3/17/2010, you wrote: I would try probios or a type of it or just mix some colustrum in her bottle. I have fed colustrum ro bottle babies for over 8 weeks to keep their gut healthy. It works on some and some it doesn't. Cecil in OKla Yes, Pro-biotics would be a good idea, also

Re: [Blackbelly] Lamb with the runs (Julian Hale)

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Smith
From: Julian Hale jbh...@comcast.net Yes, Pro-biotics would be a good idea, also try kaolin-pectin to stop up her system a bit, and make sure she gets electrolytes. It seems like she's too young to have worms, but I always worry about coccidia in lambs/kids. Sulfadimethoxine(just about every

Re: [Blackbelly] Lamb with the runs

2010-03-17 Thread Cecil Bearden
I would try probios or a type of it or just mix some colustrum in her bottle. I have fed colustrum ro bottle babies for over 8 weeks to keep their gut healthy. It works on some and some it doesn't. Cecil in OKla - Original Message - From: Double J Farms doublejfa...@wildblue.net