The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: melholly on May 03, 2014, 04:23:01 pm

Title: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: melholly on May 03, 2014, 04:23:01 pm
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
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: Fleecewife on May 03, 2014, 05:18:54 pm

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)
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: melholly on May 03, 2014, 05:23:11 pm
Oh fab - I didn't know it could be used as a preventer?!! How long does it protect for?


x
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: Nethermoor Pigs on May 03, 2014, 05:35:34 pm
Yes it is both a prevention and cure.  It protects for 10 weeks for ticks but quotes nothing else.
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: Hellybee on May 03, 2014, 05:54:22 pm
It's our go to what ever the situation, thankfully we rarely get it here but always got it handy.
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: shep53 on May 03, 2014, 06:06:28 pm
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 )
Title: Re: Flystrike treatment confusion
Post by: Fleecewife on May 03, 2014, 11:00:29 pm

We assume six weeks to the day, so repeat promptly, and keep a good lookout as well  :sheep: