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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: shrekfeet on April 19, 2011, 08:56:26 pm

Title: sheep bloating up
Post by: shrekfeet on April 19, 2011, 08:56:26 pm

Just moved my small flock onto some recently reseeded and fertilised land. My FiL told me a doom story about some sheep he had bloating up on lush grass and snuffing it over night! Should I be worried? After all they have been having 'spring grass' for the last few weeks

Title: Re: sheep bloating up
Post by: daddymatty82 on April 19, 2011, 09:13:42 pm

can you strip feed? just give them a bit at a time and shouldnt suffer with bloat

Title: Re: sheep bloating up
Post by: jaykay on April 19, 2011, 10:24:22 pm

Just keep an eye on them.
Treatment for bloat is 80ml of olive oil down the neck (breaks down the bubbles and allows the gas to come out of both ends!) but hopefully you won't need it.