[Jacob-list] thin ewe

[Katrina O Lefever]

actually, I think they are pretty much the same thing...at least it looked that way when I read the label on my Probios.  Both are probiotics.  Katrina
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Linda 
  To: Katrina O Lefever ; Tom and Judy Riddolls ; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] thin ewe


  Would yogurt work better than Probios?

  Linda
   
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  > Maybe her rumen is just not functioning very well.  I think I have
  > wrote about plain yogurt before, but I was just amazed by the
  > difference I saw in some situations.  Yogurt helps reintroduce the
  > healthy bacterias into the rumen that help sheep turn grass into
  > protein.  Grains actually change the bacteria in the rumen so that
  > could be part of it.  Make sure you use a good quality plain
  > yogurt, since some yogurts do not have good cultures in them. My
  > vet (a sheep farmer) suggested this. Katrina Lefever ----- Original
  > Message -----
  > From: "Tom and Judy Riddolls" To:
  > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
  > 10:44 AM Subject: [Jacob-list] thin ewe
  >
  >
  >> I gave her the recommended dose of Ivermectin.  when mandy died
  >> she did not look wormy, her eyelids were pink, not red but not
  >> really pale either.
  >>
  >> Yes lots of grain, when i got mandy she her condition was way
  >> less than 1, just wool draped over bone, not very heavy either,
  >> sharon (the one we're dealing with now) was about a 2, but now is
  >> below a 1.  I'm trying to get her fattened, i did it slowly and
  >> here stool is fine, firm pellets, not soft clumps.  This much
  >> grain was suggested by someone on the list with a ewe in my
  >> condition.
  >>
  >> she is about 4 years now, full teeth i think, sharon is not as
  >> friendly as mandy was, mandy died with a full good set of teeth.
  >>
  >> One thing i forgot was mandy was fading, still standing but
  >> droopy about 24 hours before death she started grinding her
  >> teeth, i guess a reflex action?  is that anything unusual?
  >>
  >> The hay is just plain hay, graas with some clover and alfalfa,
  >> not great but it never got rained on.  I'm haying them just so I
  >> know she is eating a lot.
  >>
  >> I will keep you updated
  >> tom
  >>
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