Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-12 Thread Elizabeth Radi
@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:40:05 -0700 Today my sheep friend came by again to take a look at my girls, hear my concerns, and allay my fears. Here's the poop: The Katahdin sheep are not ready to go yet by looking at their udders - they have

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-11 Thread R. Natasha Baronas
Today my sheep friend came by again to take a look at my girls, hear my concerns, and allay my fears. Here's the poop: The Katahdin sheep are not ready to go yet by looking at their udders - they have a way to go. The ewe who is prolapsing mildly appears to have multiples by their estimation.

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-10 Thread RAY DE SA
Hi Natasha, It's hard to say when to panic with these girls since they seem to like to keep you guessing. That being said, if it appears she is in labor or having contractions and nothing happens within 30 minutes to an hour, you should have her vet checked. I lost one ewe two years ago by

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-10 Thread Natasha
Thanks Ray, The woman who sold me the one ewe came out to look at her. She didn't think she was ready to lamb yet. She didn't know why she appeared to be having contractions yesterday - do sheep get Braxton Hicks? She didn't think her udder was big enough and it didn't look like she had

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse (or maybe not)

2012-04-10 Thread Eileen
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse Message-ID: 1334080810.17656.yahoomailclas...@web181313.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Natasha, It's hard to say when to panic with these girls since they seem to like to keep you guessing. That being said

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-10 Thread RAY DE SA
late. Glad she's looking OK now and hope you can relax a bit. Keep us posted on how she's doing. Ray --- On Tue, 4/10/12, Natasha meadowskuv...@gmail.com wrote: From: Natasha meadowskuv...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Date: Tuesday

Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse

2012-04-10 Thread imgr8at38
: Natasha meadowskuv...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:54:43 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Prolapse Thanks Ray, The woman who sold me the one ewe came out to look at her. She didn't think she was ready to lamb yet. She didn't know why she