The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: melholly on May 03, 2014, 04:23:01 pm
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Afternoon all,
Bit of a 'mare. Determined to keep on top of flystrike routines this year I gathered my 6 ewes and 11 lambs altogether. Beautiful pen (if I do say so myself) Thought everything was going well until...2nd to last bloomin' sheep I suddenly realise 'they're all blue" I had just picked up gun and applicator and was trigger happy... So they've all been Crovect'd (which I always presume to be the treater) instead of being Clik'd (the preventer)
Does anyone know if I need to 'go over' with the Clik preventer and when is safe to do that?
Honestly, just when you thought you were winning....
Mx
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We use Crovect as a preventer - hardly ever had to use it to treat, apart from in the early days when we were using vetrazin which let some maggots hatch in a very woolly lamb (that was when we changed to Crovect)
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Oh fab - I didn't know it could be used as a preventer?!! How long does it protect for?
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Yes it is both a prevention and cure. It protects for 10 weeks for ticks but quotes nothing else.
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It's our go to what ever the situation, thankfully we rarely get it here but always got it handy.
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Yes it is both a prevention and cure. It protects for 10 weeks for ticks but quotes nothing else.
It says it protects the area's covered by the product for 6-8wks ( remember it only protects the wool it touches it does not spread )
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We assume six weeks to the day, so repeat promptly, and keep a good lookout as well :sheep: