[SallyintNorth]

Gosh there is too much choice there.
Any suggestions which one I Get?

You can get it ready to use in a spray bottle from a horsey place, called Naf Off Citronella

[Buttermilk]

What is wool Slip?  Presume it's wool coming off, but caused by stress?

Got it in one.

[ewesaidit]

    You could also try Barrier Blowfly Repel. Natural product and it says you you can use it on struck areas too.  If you google it there are plenty of online suppliers

[Remy]

You really need to clip off as much as you can to locate where there is strike - it might not be contained in one area.  You can generally see where there is strike as the fleece becomes wet, perhaps not so easy to spot in a dark fleeced sheep but you can feel for it.  I've clipped off masses of fleece, let the sheep go only to find it has got strike in another place!  I've had to deal with loads of strike cases over the years, lost some to it, and one who got badly struck in her rear end last year lost all of her fleece coming into winter.  I had to buy a dog coat for her!  . If a sheep gets very ill (for whatever reason) it can shed all it's fleece - I've had this happen to two of mine.


Basically I treat all struck sheep with Crovect but try to prevent it with Clik after shearing.  I have invested in a pair of good electric clippers so that I can fully shear if needed before the shearer comes, they are invaluable for dagging anyway 

[honeyend]

I am gunking them up with thick barrier cream every day, they see the pot and run away. I suppose this shows they are getting better?

[Jullienne]

quite possibly, I knew a lot of farmers which used to dip their sheep and I was thinking of dipping them, but I never liked the idea of tons of chemicals on them and therefore on me when I handled them, so I was considering an alternative on what I had read somewhere about using essential oils instead; However I am sure this would cost way too much and you would have to dip often and I am not sure how much time i would have for that. Fly strike has be down from last year, so I suppose thats saying something in itself?

[tanyalou]

Hi.

A great tip someone gave me recently was to apply sudo cream to the site after treatment as it seals and heals and is very kind.
Had a bad attack last year (started with a small patch which we treated but developed rapidly over night into a ring most of the way around her) so completely sheared the sheep and dosed her with a mild dettol mix after picking off the maggots. Then  Crovect. She is still with us and had a lovely lamb this spring. 

[Penninehillbilly]

Got some citronella spray for horses, so they've all had a good spraying. There were some flies around the tup but no eggs.
It will be useful for the goats as well.

At least it's stopped him threatening me, I don't think he likes me being near him now :-), :-(.