Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-23 Thread Laura Rinker
ffer. One does well, one mediocre and one is runty. Hers were wool sheep, don't know if that makes a difference. Liz Radi Nubian goats Nunn, Colorado --- uncarved_bl...@earthlink.net wrote: From: "Jim Isbell" To: Subject: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 12:06:4

Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-23 Thread Rusty Iron Acres
, one > mediocre and one is runty. Hers were wool sheep, don't know if that makes a > difference. > > > Liz Radi > Nubian goats > Nunn, Colorado > > > --- uncarved_bl...@earthlink.net wrote: > > From: "Jim Isbell" > To: > Subject: [B

Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-23 Thread Elizabeth Radi
. One does well, one mediocre and one is runty. Hers were wool sheep, don't know if that makes a difference. Liz Radi Nubian goats Nunn, Colorado --- uncarved_bl...@earthlink.net wrote: From: "Jim Isbell" To: Subject: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 12:06:45

Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-22 Thread Elaine Wilson
That should have read - massaged her udder with a MOIST warm towel. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info

Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-22 Thread Elaine Wilson
Hi Jim, We had a ewe several years ago who I believe had mastitis. It was her second birthing, twins, and her udder had become the size of a Dutch oven the day after the twins were born. It was hard and the lambs had trouble nursing. One teat seemed to work better than the other. I tried readi

Re: [Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-22 Thread Cecil R Bearden
Mastitis is a real pain. You need to feed the lambs on a bottle and restrict their access to that udder milk. They can get an infection from it. You can infuse the udder with Penicillin, based mastitis treatment. You will have to use cattle treatments as there are none available for sheep.

[Blackbelly] Sheep Mastitis

2015-03-22 Thread Jim Isbell
We seem to have a sheep with mastitis. Susie (from Soggy Top) gave birth to triplets (2 rams and 1 ewe) on 03/18. All was well, lambs were between 4-5 lbs at birth. However, I woke up this morning to find the ewe lamb dead. No visible injuries, she just seemed a bit thinner than I would think is no