The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: mcd on June 26, 2014, 01:10:02 pm
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I have a 15 week ram lamb that was flystruck last week. Emergency clipping and crovect was used. 4 days later more flystrike discovered in the same area so more crovect applied. He is now in a shed recovering and I've applied battles maggot oil to soothe the area. The wool is now peeling off revealing bare skin which is thankfully healthy and pink. Could this be too much crovect burning it off?
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mcd, I can't actually answer your question but I had a lamb with flystrike last year. Her fleece peeled off around the affected area too. Her skin was also healthy and pink underneath so I think it may just be part of the healing process.
I am sure someone with more experience will be along soon and hopefully they can confirm this is the case.
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It will peel regardless of what you do. Sometimes I rub a bit of sudocrem or aloe Vera into wound and spray crovect round it if you have removed the maggots. Keep site lubricated with cream to stop further cracking. :fc:
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Yep, they pretty much always peel where they've been strucken and crovected
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We had one struck years ago and the patch grew in white - our sheep are coloured. Easy to pick her out now :)
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That's good to know thanks. Thought I'd overdosed on the crovect or it was a little more serious.
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I use Clik pour on the moment the weather warms up and the lambs are over 6 weeks old. I prefer to use Jeyes Fluid diluted to 1 in 10 strength on any flystrike. It cleanses the wound (though it stings a bit) and kills the maggots as well as masking their smell so further flies don't lay on the wound.
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We had one struck years ago and the patch grew in white - our sheep are coloured. Easy to pick her out now :)
thats interesting. with saddlesore ponies the injured area always grew back white. a sign of damage.
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We had one struck years ago and the patch grew in white - our sheep are coloured. Easy to pick her out now :)
Some of my brown (GG) goats have small white hair areas where the horns were burned off.