Author Topic: what on earth is this??? (Read 7615 times)

kate. x · « **Reply #15 on:** June 09, 2012, 09:54:54 am »

thanks. will go and get the athletes foot cream, then need to find a large animal vet! so can get the antibiotics

kate. x · « **Reply #16 on:** June 11, 2012, 01:44:33 pm »

Hi. Just off to pick up the antibiotics. Any tips on giving this IM injection?? I know it needs to go on the inside of hind leg but any other tips would be useful.

I am a nurse so have given quite a few injections but not on lambs!!!

jaykay · « **Reply #17 on:** June 11, 2012, 04:32:07 pm »

Well, I do IM on the outside of the rump, just easier to get to.

My main tip for injecting sheep is get someone to hold them still - ie one person hold the head if poss and the injecting person squash the rear end between yourself and a solid wall/fence.

kate. x · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2012, 05:19:29 pm »

Thanks everyone for advice over past few days. Really appreciate it.

It looks like is rain rot, cream seems to be working wonders and now has antibiotics started too.

Tilly · « **Reply #19 on:** June 14, 2012, 11:21:12 am »

Hi Katelunn

...been following this post with interest ,and was wondering,has your little chap

fully recovered ?
Tilly

kate. x · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:25:38 am »

HI
update on the wee lamb! He is well in himself, antibiotics finished but to be hones his face still looks a bit 'flaky'?? Not sure rain rot takes this long to completely go? It is much drier now and is flaking off.

Moleskins · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2012, 03:47:08 pm »

I gave one of mine a spray of purple foot spray on the nose it worked a treat.

kate. x · « **Reply #22 on:** June 22, 2012, 07:53:39 pm »

Purple foot spray?? Being bit thick but do you mean an athletes foot spray?

jaykay · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:18:12 am »

No, the Footrot spray you can buy from the feed store is purple (iodine based?) as opposed to the antibiotic one you buy from the vets, which is blue.

sokel · « **Reply #24 on:** June 25, 2012, 10:23:43 am »

One of my lambs went very simular to this but he was dipping his face in the bucket of milk rather than sucking from a teat, I also used the foot spray and kept washing his face so there was no milk on it, within a week the hais was growing back