Apparently the only solution to nose bots is worming the sheep with Ivermectin, which kills the fly larvae with varying degrees of success. Since I choose not to worm my sheep, this is not an option. You can learn more about nose bots by doing a Google search for "nose bots" + sheep.
Carol
At 07:50 PM 5/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
I am new to raising sheep, got my first one almost 1 year ago. I have noticed lately that our sheep are running around with their heads clear down close to the ground. They will be grazing or laying down acting just fine, then they suddenly start walking fast, kind of running with their heads down to a different spot then stand there with their head down. They don't all do it at the same time but I have see all 5 of them do it at one time or another. They eat fine and act fine otherwise. Any idea what this is and what can be done.
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