[Blackbelly] lambs won't or can't suckle
Thanks very much Mark, Bonnie, and Oneta for your ideas. I tried milk replacement yesterday and last night with a little success. I searched for a fetus (nothing), palapated the udder (no lumps or pain), tried to express milk (no luck), gave moma a penicilin shot (diarhhea), fed her fresh clover (she loved it), and prayed. This morning the lambs are bright and cheery, take a little bottle milk, and then they go and suckle moma! Go figure! Maybe this ewe just has an extraordinarily large udder and despite long observation I never saw any udder action until this morning. And maybe I am just a paronoid shepherd. I put them all out to pasture with the others. Thanks everyone. What a great forum. Jerry Windmill Farms LLC Picayune, Mississippi ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] Update on Sally after vet visit
Well it's been a week since the mobile vet came and examined Sally. Physical exam showed teeth ok, temp normal, but rumen activity low. Blood was drawn as well as fecal samples collected from Sally and the rest of the flock. Fecals came back clean, as well as a check for liver flukes. Blood count showed low protein as well as low calcium. White and red cell counts were normal. The vet set it up for me to meet a farm butcher to collect fresh rumen contents from a slaughter and orally give the fluids to Sally to see if we could get her rumen going strong again. Sally received this treatment last friday. Since then I have not seen any improvement in her appetite. I continue to drench her with nutra-drench and received my order for Fastrack probios gel today so I will try that tomorrow. I also purchased a bale of alfalfa hay to tempt her and she did eat some. Won't eat soybean meal or dry cob. Really shows an interest in straight grass. The pasture is bare, but I do have an unprotected hillside that has good growth so I take her out and sit with her while she eats, shotgun at my side as we have coyotes. This am she was streching a lot and kicking at her belly so I drenched her with baking soda. I can tell by looking at her she doesn't feel well. Saturday my husband is going to help me give her a vitamin B shot, other than that I really don't know what to try. It's hard to watch an animal want to eat but can't do it, if that makes any sense. Once more I am asking you guys for your help,as I am at the point where I don't want to see her suffer and I have to do what's best for my girl. Dayna Denmark Half Ass Acres ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Update on Sally after vet visit
Kicking at her belly, this has meant a urinary problem in my sheep before. She is drinking and peeing right? Mark W. Well it's been a week since the mobile vet came and examined Sally. Physical exam showed teeth ok, temp normal, but rumen activity low. Blood was drawn as well as fecal samples collected from Sally and the rest of the flock. Fecals came back clean, as well as a check for liver flukes. Blood count showed low protein as well as low calcium. White and red cell counts were normal. The vet set it up for me to meet a farm butcher to collect fresh rumen contents from a slaughter and orally give the fluids to Sally to see if we could get her rumen going strong again. Sally received this treatment last friday. Since then I have not seen any improvement in her appetite. I continue to drench her with nutra-drench and received my order for Fastrack probios gel today so I will try that tomorrow. I also purchased a bale of alfalfa hay to tempt her and she did eat some. Won't eat soybean meal or dry cob. Really shows an interest in straight grass. The pasture is bare, but I do have an unprotected hillside that has good growth so I take her out and sit with her while she eats, shotgun at my side as we have coyotes. This am she was streching a lot and kicking at her belly so I drenched her with baking soda. I can tell by looking at her she doesn't feel well. Saturday my husband is going to help me give her a vitamin B shot, other than that I really don't know what to try. It's hard to watch an animal want to eat but can't do it, if that makes any sense. Once more I am asking you guys for your help,as I am at the point where I don't want to see her suffer and I have to do what's best for my girl. Dayna Denmark Half Ass Acres ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Update on Sally after vet visit
I have seen Sally pee in a steady stream just today so I don't suspect urinary calculi. Dayna Denmark Half Ass Acres ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] registration
Carol, would it really be possible to register a 50% BB ram (American or Barbados). I was surprised to read your comment yesterday. How many years and how many generations would it take to get the horns completely out of the gene pool? Rick Krach Auburn California (530) 355-5144 Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:16:22 -0700 From: Carol J. Elkins Subject: [Blackbelly] polled ram available in Louisiana To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed The following person is selling a polled blackbelly ram. Because this ram was sired by a horned ram, he would have to undergo some fairly extensive progeny testing to ensure he was capable of reliably siring polled ram lambs. The progeny testing would also be required for registering this ram with the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Association Int'l. If you are interested in trying to work with this ram to establish a new polled BB bloodline, please contact the following person directly: Donna Cloud Sparks Administrative Executive Assistant Louisiana State University Office of Academic Affairs 146 Thomas Boyd Hall Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 225.578.5198 (Office) 225.578.5980 (Fax) dspa...@lsu.edu _ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Update on Sally after vet visit
Urinary calculi usually is found in males. I was thinking more as a general inflammation. It has been too long ago but I think I used Epsom salts. And I cannot remember if I was successful or not. It is just a nagging memory. Mark I have seen Sally pee in a steady stream just today so I don't suspect urinary calculi. Dayna Denmark Half Ass Acres ___ 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
