----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 37
> Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to > blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hurt sheep (The Wintermutes) > 2. Re: Hurt sheep (Julian Hale) > 3. Re: Hurt sheep Don't mix banamine & dex (Cecil Bearden) > 4. Re: Hurt sheep Don't mix banamine & dex (The Wintermutes) > 5. Lambar Nipples ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 6. Parasites and Deworming (David Mansur) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:01:51 -0500 > From: "The Wintermutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Hurt sheep > To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > If she is eating and drinking she will probably be walking OK in about a > week. The penicillin is a good idea. An anti-inflammatory such as 1cc of > Banamine per day until acting normal would help. Dexamethasone is a > steroid > and anti-inflammatory that also works well (.5CC TO 2CC). Dexamethasone > really makes a injured sheep feel much better. IMPORTANT Dexamethasone is > also used to induce labor so DO NOT use if the ewe is pregnant! Also, > Dexamethasone reduces the immune system so do not use if an active > infection > or fever is present. > Thanks for the advice. I am going to have to get some banamine to keep on > hand for emergencies like this. Well, "Princess" is up and going. not > putting any weight on her leg but she sure won't let me catch her! I did > get her to come to the fence and eat some grain. (She never could resist > grain.). I think she will be okay. I had another hair sheep get caught > jumping and hurt her leg much worse and she is walking fine and even had a > baby a couple of months ago. I didn't think she would ever use it and > would possibly have to be put down. She is wild as a cats meow and that > fight must have been what pulled her threw with flying colors! Thanks > again Nancy _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
