[Jacob-list] Babies and eyes

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Good Morning!

We, too, have a nice crop of lambs this year, with only 2 mothers yet to 
deliver.  The count stands at 5 rams and 1 ewe, though.  And the boys are all BIG 
boys.  They look a week old at birth! 

But I need help with an older guy.  We have a 2 year old wether that has an 
ulcer on his cornea.  The vet came out and gave us medicine to put in his eye 
twice a day.  So far, we've only been able to catch him once a day, since we 
all go to school and work.  We have put him in a smaller pen with another wether 
and each evening run them into a much smaller "catch" area to dose him.  
After day one, he got wise and is determined NOT to go into the catch pen.  Last 
night it took 5 of us to steer and run him in.  

I'm too old for this.  I'm to the point of wanting to put sedatives in his 
water!  The vet checks him again tomorrow.  I would welcome all suggestions as 
to how better to deal with him.  We have a MUCH smaller pen (6 x 8), but my 
husband says he would probably just beat the pen to bits if he's in such a small 
area.  We could keep the other wether close enough for him to look at. If the 
two of them are in the smaller pen they would just have enough room to turn 
around and that's about it.  

Also, if any of you have dealt with eye problems of this type before, I would 
appreciate knowing what you did.  I trust my vet, but I also realize that 
other remedies might work just as well.  

Thanks!

Kathey



Katherine Williamson & Barbara Dawson
Anesthesia Consultants of Athens
St. Mary's Hospital
1230 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30605
(706) 227-3450
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