It sounds like the sting site encapsulated. This happens a lot. I had one with her entire head swelled up. I gave her antibiotics, Banamine and cortisone. Too many anti-inflammatories and she died in 3 days. Cortisone or Banamine. Banamine is non-steroid inflammatory.
Cecil in OKla Johnson, Oneta wrote: > Ok I have a question. I have a 4 month old ewe that we were pretty sure > got stung by a scorpion. The side of her cheek is swollen. It was huge > at first, we gave her a tetanus shot and antibiotics. It has gone down > almost all the way but a small amount is still swollen. She has never > stopped eating and is bright eyed and healthy looking. Any ideas on this > front. I have seen bottle jaw so we ruled that out when this happened. > Thanks. oj > > Oneta Johnson > McLoud Telephone Company > Data Entry/CSR > > Don't tell GOD what to do, just report for duty! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peg > Haese KB9LIE > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:47 PM > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] swollen jaw > > Elaine, this sounds a lot like "bottle jaw." One of the associated > symptoms is that it goes away when the sheep is lying down. It comes > back when the sheep has its head down grazing or eating. This is fluid > accumulation, so you can see why it would come and go depending on the > head position. > > It is usually due to a heavy load of barberpole worms. Here's a good > description: http://www.sheep101.info/sheepdiseases.html under "worms > and more worms." > > This can really be serious. The lambs' nursing means she is giving all > her resources to them, not to herself to fight this off. A good drench > worming would be the first choice of treatment if she were mine. Have > you talked to your vet or done a fecal? > > Peg Haese in SW Wisconsin USA > PNP Katahdins and commercial woolflock > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's just strange that it shows up and then goes away. Has anyone else > ever experienced this or know what may be causing it? > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____________ > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: > mail, news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > _______________________________________________ > 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
