Hi,
Hope Lawrence is ok...who does he live with?? Other rams??
We've lost 3 sheep this past year for no apparent reason...healthy one
day...down and not eating the next. Two were young ewes in with the flock
and a ram and one was a jr ram in with other rams...
The only thing we can come up w
Tom,
Oh...dear...that's awful. Make sure she has an up-dated tetanus
vaccination. If she doesn't, a dose of tetanus antitoxin vaccine will be a
very good idea. Your local feed/ranch store should sell them. Watch for
infection, at the slightest sign, give her penicillin shots or some other
One of my ewes appears to have poked her eye out. There is just a red swollen
area where her eye was.
It was clean, so we drenched the area in iodine, and covered it with a gauze
pad, held on with duct tape.
I'll check it tomorrow.
Anything I am missing or should look for?
Tom
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I would suspect urinary problems also, or kidney if he has been fighting
with another ram. You noted that he isareound pine trees and oak trees.
Are there any acorns or [pine cones. acorns have a lot of tannins in them
and cause digestive problems.
Cecil in OKla
- Original Message -
On 8/30/2010 3:35 PM, eubankac...@aol.com wrote:
> I need some advice. Lawrence is a 14 mo. old AB ram. Last Thursday he did
> not come to eat. He was lying under the trees away from the rest of the
> boys. I have him in a small stall to isolate him. I examined him for any
> obstructions suc
What kind of condition is your ram in - is he very skinny, normal or fat?
If he is skinny it could be Johnnes disease.
I would be looking for an injury. This could be in the mouth. Or is it
possible he has been hit by another ram? I have lost rams from getting hit
in the ribs by another ram (c
I need some advice. Lawrence is a 14 mo. old AB ram. Last Thursday he did
not come to eat. He was lying under the trees away from the rest of the
boys. I have him in a small stall to isolate him. I examined him for any
obstructions such as cactus stickers or sticks. Nothing. His eyes are cle
