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
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