[Jacob-list] Hunched ewe.

[linda]

Hi Katrina

Juliette de Bairacli Levy was at a local herbal faire a few years ago.  I didn't attend as the 
crowds there overwhelm me.  But a neighbor did go and brought me back the book - 
autographed no less.  I'm a firm believer in "do no harm" in my home remedies and find alot of 
information there.  A sidebar here, I have a number of herbal books (and a veterinarian and 
personal doctor that will discuss herbs with me) and always check for possible ill effects 
from anything I use.  

The book is very big with dairy goat herders around here. When I have an udder question, I 
find that I get alot of information from my dairy goat friends. If you think about it, these 
are the people that check udders every day and really can't afford a problem.  Someone 
mentioned to me that some of the dairy goaters swore by aspirin for udder inflammation.  My 
Nubian would eat anything I handed her.  If I yelled "don't eat that" she would eat faster!  
Sheep are not so easy to dose.  Once I wanted to give some aspirin to a ewe and, of course, 
she wasn't about to wolf it down.  I crushed the aspirins in a mortar and pestle, mixed it 
with enough cane molasses to bind it.  Then scooped it up onto a plastic spatula.  It was 
really easy to just stick the spatula in the ewe's mouth, hold her muzzle closed and remove 
the spatula.  I am not advocating you give your ewe aspirin - just thought I'd share an easy 
way to give pills.

Linda


ting and think it would
>be helpful to  include more of her practices in our sheep care.  She mentions in her book
>that it was the shepherds that found her approach the most useful.  Could  think of a lot of
>reasons for that statement, but wonder why the sheep people  found it most useful.  Not 
sure
>Anna thought it was that interesting when  we shoved garlic down her thoat. *smiles*
> Katrina Lefever
> Chicory Lane
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From:    linda
>  To: oberlef at desupernet.net ; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
>  Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 7:22    PM
>  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Hunched    ewe.
>
>
>I'm not especially    experienced in sheep medical care, but I think that a sheep standing
>hunched indicates some level of    discomfort.  I'm not sure that you can pinpoint the 
area
>of discomfort (or pain) just by seeing one    hunched up.   I'll see it sometimes when the
>sheep are out in a hard rain - the lambs don't want to    be out there but won't leave their
>dams. They are not in pain, just miserable.  Once I had a lamb that    was standing 
hunched
>and turned out to have been in the red ants.  His belly was seriously bitten. My ewe    that
>was tossed by the goat stood    hunched for months as she had some hip damage. 
>Hope she gets better!
>Linda
>
>On Sat, 21 Apr 2001    15:38:47 -0400, dave & katrina wrote:
>>    Question for those out there experienced     in sheep medical care.  Our sheep are all
>>out on pasture now and looking  happy and    healthy.  The robustness of the flock makes 
a
>>two
>>year old ewe  (with twins)  stand out and make me    wonder if something is up with  her.  
>>She is walking around kind of hunch-backed, is a     little hollowed in at the sides and
>>walks a
>>little    stiffly, but  otherwise is fine..lambs are fine and healthy, seems to be    eating
>>well
>>but I     just have a sense there is something funny about her.  She has    always  seemed 
a
>>little
>>bit    hunchbacked (arrived at our place last fall) but noticed  before she    birthed she
>>was
>>standing    distinctly hunched (sorry can't come up with  a better term)... She also
>>limped a
>>bit at that    time (that probably was a  pregnacy thing), but it seemed to pass and she
>>birthed
>>her lambs about a month  ago    without problem.  Seemed to be doing fine.  Today I    
was
>>watching her in the pasture and she    was off alone with her lambs and again  was 
standing
>>very
>>hunched.  Something seems amiss, but have no clues from     our prior experience.  She 
has
>>been
>>tested neg    for OPP.  Any ideas? By the way, the rams seemed especially    interested 
in
>>her
>>today. 
>>  
>> Horaks, just curious about the  symptoms of    the Lysosomal condition you are 
following...I
>>realized I    have no idea what the symtoms are that you are watching for.   Doubt    this 
is
>>related, of    course, but just curious. 
>> Katrina  Lefever 
>>
>
>
>Check out our 2001 Jacob    Sheep lambs  at:
>www.PatchworkFibers.com/lambs.html
>




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