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Fishyhaddock

  • Joined Apr 2009
  • aberdeenshire
Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« on: October 25, 2014, 08:41:12 pm »
Hopefully someone can give me a few pointers. One of my glimmers is out of sorts.
Her sidEs appear to be sunken in and slightly more lethargic than the ewes she is in with. I plan to worm her. Should I be doing anything else?
Fishy.




mab

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • carmarthenshire
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2014, 08:47:44 pm »
I'm not really much use for advice but if she's thin, I would be wanting to know:-


is she eating OK?
Can you see the 'rumen wave' on her flanks?
what are her droppings like?

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2014, 08:49:47 pm »
Fluke?

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2014, 09:05:25 pm »
VET

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2014, 11:01:45 pm »
If her sides are sunken then she hasn't enough food in there.  Ruminants need to eat or their digestion goes wrong and they become ill very quickly.

Best option is vet, pronto.

If that isn't an option, as a stopgap I might give her a drench of yoghurt, honey, ginger, keep her in with some really lovely hay, and try to tempt her with oatcakes or whatever your sheep have as a treat.

If she's mucky at the back, then worming may be indicated.

If you get her in, put her on clean straw so that you can see what, if anything, is coming out the backend.

Lethargy and not eating could be fluke, could be lacking minerals.  Maybe add some Lucozade to that drench, or give her a Twin Lamb drench.

Then vet on Monday.

Good luck  :fc:
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Hellybee

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • www.blaengwawrponies.co.uk
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2014, 12:25:52 am »
Maybe a cobalt/selenium drench too. Hope she better soon and tha the vet can give you some answers x

Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2014, 09:55:12 am »
Vet, fec and in the short term a twin lamb drench and a few toothsome bits and pices from the hedgerow.

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2014, 01:02:41 pm »
You could be describing PNEUMONIA so    VET

Hellybee

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • www.blaengwawrponies.co.uk
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2014, 02:09:34 pm »
I agree either that or theres a B/cobalt deficiency x

Hellybee

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • www.blaengwawrponies.co.uk
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2014, 07:10:29 pm »
What's her ears like?

Jukes Mum

  • Joined Apr 2014
  • North Yorkshire
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2014, 04:26:45 pm »
Any update on your girl?
 :fc:
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Ladygrey

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Basingstoke
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2014, 05:18:07 pm »
If I have anything thats looks odd for longer than a day or two I give it a good dose of long acting alamycin LA, usually sorts it, or you could use Nuflor every day for 3 days, much cheaper than a vet and thats all the vet will give you anyway

Or worm her with a drench that does fluke

if then after all that she hasnt changed try a farmer friend or a vet

Hope she is better soon  :fc:


Hellybee

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • www.blaengwawrponies.co.uk
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2014, 05:43:02 pm »
I'd hazard a guess though if its not pneumonia it s going to be her liver, abs could could make the liver work harder.  IMHO, this is why I asked what her ears are like, if they're scaly, there is liver issues.  Yes the alamycin would help with pneumonia, but this is why vets should take a look xx



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Fishyhaddock

  • Joined Apr 2009
  • aberdeenshire
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2014, 07:47:50 pm »
Thanks everyone.
To cut a long story short we called out the Vet and he diagnosed fluke. There is apparently a lot around and given she began lying down we all agreed that the best for the ewe was to let her go.


This is the first one we have lost to fluke. The vet said that a good indication is to look at the lower eyelids and if pale and the eyeball yellow at the bottom that is a good sign of fluke.


Always learning...

shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: Gimmer looking thin and behaving oddly
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2014, 07:49:55 pm »
thanks for sharing  :hug:

 

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