Author Topic: prolapse/winter birth help please!!  (Read 8965 times)

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2014, 09:28:38 pm »
Congratulations!  Lovely ending to the story  ;D


One thing I should've mentioned is that if you are having to push a prolapse back in, first of course clean it properly and then, if it's larger than a large grapefruit, sprinkle sugar all over it and wait.  The sugar makes it reduce in size - it's like magic.  I've seen ones that are over a foot long shrink down to large grapefruit size - makes it much easier to replace.  Some people think that the sugary environment helps reduce infection too - it certainly doesn't seem to do any harm.   Our pre-lambing kit includes plain white sugar  ;).

When pushing the prolapse back in, expect the ewe to wee as soon as you clear the bladder entrance!  It will, of course, go up your arm  ::).  (I maybe shouldn't tell you, but there've been times when I've been replacing prolapses in bitter winds and glad of that warmth!)

As you've found, a ewe will lamb through a spoon no problem.  And we haven't had problems with infection provided the ewe is attended to promptly and everything is made and kept spotlessly clean. 
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mab

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • carmarthenshire
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2014, 12:04:34 am »
 :thumbsup: I love a happy ending  ;D

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2014, 08:05:31 am »
Awww, that's great news and very useful info from Sally
Thanks
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Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2014, 09:57:13 am »
what actually is a spoon?

A ewe spoon is a flat, spoon-shaped piece of plastic with "horns".  The spoon is placed into the vagina and the horns tied into the fleece each side of the tail.  Any female member of the forum will wince at that and that's why I don't like 'em.  I go for the prolapse harness, which holds a prolapse in from the outside.

Humblepie

  • Joined Dec 2013
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2014, 10:01:16 am »
what actually is a spoon?

A ewe spoon is a flat, spoon-shaped piece of plastic with "horns".  The spoon is placed into the vagina and the horns tied into the fleece each side of the tail.  Any female member of the forum will wince at that and that's why I don't like 'em.  I go for the prolapse harness, which holds a prolapse in from the outside.

thanks

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: prolapse/winter birth help please!!
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2014, 10:12:32 am »
Any female member of the forum will wince at that and that's why I don't like 'em. 

I know what you mean, MF, but I've seen so many ewes given relief from pressure and continue their pregnancy in apparently perfect comfort that I no longer have such feelings towards the spoon.

I did buy a prolapse harness to try on the moorland farm, but left before getting a chance to use it, so I can't comment on how they compare to a spoon.
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

 

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