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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: bernara on March 19, 2019, 10:54:47 am

Title: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: bernara on March 19, 2019, 10:54:47 am

After a gap, my wife has started keeping Herdwicks again. The last time we had them she had a 2-litre plastic bottle of a sweet pink glucose syrup which seemed to work wonders with a ewe after lambing.  Neither of us can remember what it was called and searches are not yielding anything similar.

Any suggestions as to what it could be?

Thanks for your help

Title: Re: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 20, 2019, 10:07:55 pm

May be a Twin Lamb Remedy? 

Title: Re: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: Me on March 20, 2019, 11:05:25 pm

ketol. ketosaid that sort of thing. tipping glucose into the rumen in any quantity is an own goal

Title: Re: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: ZacB on March 21, 2019, 06:17:05 am

Mole Country Stores do Glucose in powder form - we make a bucket up for the girls following lambing; cup of powder (Might be two....), 2 tablespoons of salt and topped up with warm water. They lap it up  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: twizzel on March 21, 2019, 07:26:44 am

Ketosaid is pink

Title: Re: Sheep glucose syrup
Post by: fsmnutter on March 21, 2019, 08:34:54 am

Or forketos.
As above, likely a propylene glycol based liquid which allows the ruminant to produce glucose that isn't just swallowed up in the rumen