Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose You ain't gonna believe this!!!
how did you Knock her out? -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote: Last night my vet friend I knocked out my ewe with the coated face and found the problem. We suspected anything from a tumor to nasal bots. What we found was bermuda grass seeds that had started to sprout. We bale a lot of Bermuda Grass hay for horse owners. Bermuda has to be baled dry or it will mildew. This causes a lot of fines accumulating in the baler and this causes problems with sensors, net wrap, etc etc. I blow out the accumulation of fines with a large (150 cfm) air compressor every day . These fines have a lot of seeds or grain, depending on what I am baling, in them and the sheep just love to eat the fines. She must have snorted some of the seeds into her nose and didn't get them blown out. There were many that had taken root in that warm moist environment. Needless to say it was an irritation. She came to before we could give her a shot of Ivomec to take care of possible nasal bots that may have been started due to the immense amount of drainage from her nose. This morning she appeared to have dried up at her nose. I just need to catch her again and wash her face. This is another new one!! Cecil in OKla On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote: I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ 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 ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose You ain't gonna believe this!!!
Last night my vet friend I knocked out my ewe with the coated face and found the problem. We suspected anything from a tumor to nasal bots. What we found was bermuda grass seeds that had started to sprout. We bale a lot of Bermuda Grass hay for horse owners. Bermuda has to be baled dry or it will mildew. This causes a lot of fines accumulating in the baler and this causes problems with sensors, net wrap, etc etc. I blow out the accumulation of fines with a large (150 cfm) air compressor every day . These fines have a lot of seeds or grain, depending on what I am baling, in them and the sheep just love to eat the fines. She must have snorted some of the seeds into her nose and didn't get them blown out. There were many that had taken root in that warm moist environment. Needless to say it was an irritation. She came to before we could give her a shot of Ivomec to take care of possible nasal bots that may have been started due to the immense amount of drainage from her nose. This morning she appeared to have dried up at her nose. I just need to catch her again and wash her face. This is another new one!! Cecil in OKla On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote: I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ 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
Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose You ain't gonna believethis!!!
wow! what a find! I would have never of thought it. It seems like they are always snorting some grain when feed ground corn to worm with pellets etc but wouldn't have thought of grass seed! Nancy - Original Message - From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 22:11 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose You ain't gonna believethis!!! Last night my vet friend I knocked out my ewe with the coated face and found the problem. We suspected anything from a tumor to nasal bots. What we found was bermuda grass seeds that had started to sprout. We bale a lot of Bermuda Grass hay for horse owners. Bermuda has to be baled dry or it will mildew. This causes a lot of fines accumulating in the baler and this causes problems with sensors, net wrap, etc etc. I blow out the accumulation of fines with a large (150 cfm) air compressor every day . These fines have a lot of seeds or grain, depending on what I am baling, in them and the sheep just love to eat the fines. She must have snorted some of the seeds into her nose and didn't get them blown out. There were many that had taken root in that warm moist environment. Needless to say it was an irritation. She came to before we could give her a shot of Ivomec to take care of possible nasal bots that may have been started due to the immense amount of drainage from her nose. This morning she appeared to have dried up at her nose. I just need to catch her again and wash her face. This is another new one!! Cecil in OKla On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote: I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ 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 ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose
I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose
Cecil never had anything so bad . We have thistle and sometime we see one shaking her head but nothing like this! Sounds agrivating and painful for the poor girl. Nancy - Original Message - From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 07:04 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ 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
Re: [Blackbelly] Ewe with running nose
I had one a few weeks ago. Running clear and green mucous. Pretty thick stuff. She had it for a good two weeks. In her case, I thought it might be because I had just started feeding her peanuts in the shell, and she might have gotten some mold, or been allergic to them. In any case, I stopped feeding them and kept an eye on her and three weeks later, she's dried up. None of my other animals get this from peanuts, so it might be a cold. But also, none of my other animals had cold symptoms. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net wrote: I have a ewe that has had a dirty face for several weeks. Did not think a lot of it intil a few days ago when I caught her and discovered that it is from her nose running. I gave her a shot of Baytril, and I thought it cleared up, but now it is worse than ever. We are going to try to look up there with a speculum. I think it may be a thistle seed, but I have no real good idea. She seems to be OK just in misery with a runny nose. She is nursing/weaning 2 lambs also. Anyone with any similar experience? Her eyes seem fine. Cecil in OKla ___ 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
