thanks, I'll check that. No, it's a front leg, though. I'll check for nodules or cysts between the toes as well.
And Cecil, I might try some Banamine, although it's indicated to not use past 5 days, and IV is preferred (not IM, since it can irritate muscle tissue), which I have never done. _MWS On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Mary Swindell <mswin...@siu.edu> wrote: > Michael, > > Sounds like it is a back leg? If so, check her udder. Feel it for fever, > and also feel each of the teats. Also get down under her (or gently set > her up on her rear) and visually examine the entire udder to look for signs > of infection. If any part of it is hot, inflamed, infected, abcessed, or if > any of the teats are hot or hard, she could have mastitis, and the pain > could be radiating into the leg. It is not likely, but if you would by > chance have this and it goes undiagnosed, it can kill her, so better to > check it out and be safe. Sometimes limping on a back leg can be the "red > flag" symptom of mastitis. > > Ruling out mastitis, and if there are no foul smells or irritated tissue on > the bottom of hoof, then the other thing to check for is an abcess in the > interdigital gland (the gland between the two toes on the front of the hoof, > just where the hoof stops and the black hair begins). Sometimes a hard cyst > develops there. You can usually relieve that by squeezing out the cyst > through the front. > > Other than these two things, I cannot think of anything else. Perhaps she > has sprained her leg a little and it just needs time to recover. > > Good luck! > Mary Swindell > > > > > > At 04:23 PM 3/6/2012, you wrote: >> >> Could use some advice on what to look for here. >> >> older (not sure how old, but she's my oldest) AB ewe shows up limping >> yesterday. I had planned on trimming hooves anyway so I penned her and >> trimmed while taking a look. No foul smells, no oozing, no >> discoloration I could see. No swelling of joints or apparent apparent >> break. Joints moved in the right direction and freely. Did not trim >> into the quick or make her bleed. I have done that once and seen a ewe >> limp for a few days, but in this case, was careful. She can grow some >> pretty long eagle claws for hooves, but usually only on her back feet. >> The fronts really required little trimming. >> >> Today her limp is not better, and might be worse. In general, she does >> get up and move slow and might be developing Osteoarthritis. >> Incidentally, she's also mostly deaf. >> >> Not sure how to proceed other than to pen her for a week, feed her, >> keep her real dry (covered pen) and apply hoof drench? I have a >> splint I could vet-wrap onto the joints, but not sure if the hoof >> itself is what is hurting... I also could wash her hoof and inspect >> between the toes a bit better. Did not really do that. >> >> In general the sheep have dry, green grass pastures and are not in a >> manure and urine-filled muddy paddock, like some livestock can be. Our >> rain has been maybe 1/2" every 10 days lately. Never had a problem >> with any hoof-related diseases in 4 years and with 15 sheep and pygmy >> goats. >> >> -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
