The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Madcow on November 18, 2012, 09:44:30 am
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Can anyone suggest a care programme for 2 ewes that were attacked by 2dogs yesterday afternoon, a third was also attacked , this years lamb but she was so bad had to be PTS. One of the other 2 just has bite marks round her mouth and seems to be ok, eating and perky ect just very stressed ofcourse, but the other had rips in her front leg and bites round her mouth, the vet stapled her leg wounds, she was perkier yesterday after it happened, but this morning she seems very unhappy, not eating ivy and head in the corner. I live in France and she is in the neighbours barn tillhe can transport her back to ours, do you think she will be better in her own place with our other ewes around her, we have antiBs, what more can I do for her, she is such a good ewe, its all been very traumatic, guess it may just be time and peace that will help her :(
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try and keep them with other sheep if only in a pen next to them, they prefer company. some form of painkiller might be good to they will be feeling it now the shock has worn off, your vet will be able to advise
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Just as HM says. It will now hurt and she will still feel stressed. Company, but kept quiet, healthy titbits to tempt them to eat, anti-b's and painkillers (metacam injection, lasts 3 days) if you can get them.
I'm very sorry you've had to deal with this :hug:
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we had a lamb which was bitten - just tried to keep the wound clean, sprayed with terramycin every day and left it in the field with the others (more chance of infection indoors). Is right as rain now. Our vets said they would never stitch a dog bite because you are just sealing the infection in - always leave the wound open (so surprised yours has stapled it up? - different views perhaps.) Good luck.
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The news is good so far, now have them both back in our barn, added another ewe Pippa, she's the leader, old and very calm plus 1 is her daughter so they all get on well. Mimi the one who had her leg stapled is starting to eat so thats good news and Pammy looks very perky and not nearlyas frisky as usual, so perhaps a good point !
The leg wound was quite large, so think it was best to join it all back together, just hate giving the injections, think they've been through enough, but know it helps them.
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I would definitely be asking for painkillers, other than that I think you got everything covered :thumbsup:
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Poor things !! i'd be so mad i'd want to shoot the dog and then the owner :rant:
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Very sorry to hear about your sheep. We had 3 lambs attacked by a dog about 2 months ago, one was destroyed, one had bite wounds to it's rump and had a long acting antibiotic. The other lamb had puncture wounds to its groin and a massive rip wound on its foreleg. We kept the wound open and used Filtabac by aniwell. It's was fantastic. It has antibacterial and barrier properties and the wound in 4 weeks has closed down to about the size of a fifty pence.
Hope that helps,
Allison