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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: JordanC on March 12, 2013, 01:37:27 pm

Title: Sheep licking grass
Post by: JordanC on March 12, 2013, 01:37:27 pm

Hopefully someone has come across this. I have a sheep that is not eating the grass - he is licking it. Otherwise he is perfectly healthy. If I feed him the grass then only does he eat it. He is 18 months old. Any ideas what the cause could be? He started this behaviour 2 weeks ago. He is a merino and I farm in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Title: Re: Sheep licking grass
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 12, 2013, 01:44:41 pm

How are his teeth?

Title: Re: Sheep licking grass
Post by: JordanC on March 12, 2013, 03:56:40 pm

Teeth fine! Out of herd he is the only one displaying this.

Title: Re: Sheep licking grass
Post by: Fleecewife on March 12, 2013, 04:25:49 pm

What does he eat?   Does he have access to water?  Could he be licking dew from the grass?