Fw: [Jacob-list] Ram down, help!

[Chovhani]

I know the labels you mean, but this scratch doesn't have one, it's a "house
mix" at the mill (to our recipe) so I know exactly what's in there, and it's
just grains, the only difference between this and the mix we give the sheep
anyway is the proportions really. What concerns me now, as we are over the
crisis with Zoe is Enterotoxaemia. Had a neighbour loses a goat to this
after a major feed increase, and worried that having got over the crisis of
the binge she might not be picking up because of this. Vet has suggested
Probios which we are giving her, but I'd like to see her eager in the hay
again, so far she's just nibbling at it.

Melanie
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http://earthhome.tripod.com



----- Original Message -----
From: sbennett <sbennett at teleport.com>
To: Chovhani <melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Jacob-list] Ram down, help!


Its been a long time since I kept any chicken scratch around (I had some
goats get into it). But, check the label on the chicken scratch. There is
something in it in too high a quantity making it poisonous to sheep and
goats (copper, maybe? or might be something else, I don't remember). So,
bloat may not be the problem. You might be able to check the label and
give the vet a better idea of how to treat the ewe. I went to letting my
chickens free range and giving them cracked corn only (and they are very
healthy). I had a storage unit break-in a couple weeks ago (one of the
kids didn't get the door latched all the way) and they ate about 15 lbs
of cracked corn. I knew the culprits by the fact that they didn't eat any
grain for a couple days, but none of them went down over it.

Sorry for your loss, hope this helps,
Debbie Bennett
Feral Fibre

>
>Well, we lost him, but I just want to make sure I don't lose the little
ewe.
>She's just off her food, that is all. No visible bloat or other symptoms. I
>can give her a drench, but I don't have nutridrench, what can I substitute?
>The only vegetable oil I have is olive oil. Can I just add something sweet
>to it, like molasses and get her to take that? The rest of the animals are
>running about just fine.
>
>Melanie
>http://www.geocities.com/onionperogie
>http://earthhome.tripod.com