hi Shep thanks for answering
Sorry, my question was rather hurriedly written this morning and probably a bit muddled.... So to recap.....she has mucus in her dung which i would take to be evidence of a gastritis or inflamation of the digestive tract. As they are due to be wormed i would imagine this is possibly due to worms.
I know that normally one should worm and then move to fresh ground....and i had planned to do this after lambing (ten days time) when i move the two ewes from the lambing paddock (dirty-ish) to the back field (clean). But, I was wondering if in this instance -
1. I may be wise to worm now, and possibly worm again after lambing in a couple of weeks time, before the ewes join the rest of the flock in the clean field.
2. Or, just worm them now and put them in with the post lambed ewes on the clean field and then bring them back to lambing paddock just a few days before lambing.
3. just leave her and do them as normal after lambing.
My concerns are, that the wormer may affect the unborn lambs. Conversely if i leave her, she may continue to strip the mucus from her digective tract and end up with more serious problems. I do have long acting anti-Bs which i could, if required, give her to cover for any secondary gastritis or digestive infections.
This ewe is very couthy (ex pet) and not fazed by handling so the extra stress issue of handling/worming/moving when heavily pregnant is not an issue.
i hope that this time i have made my query a bit clearer!
Emma T