- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I wouldn’t imagine they are volume sellers for the manufacturer.
I can’t abide the things myself and have a few unused refill packs that came with guns. Sounds like I’ll have to auction them off soon.
Footvax
- Thread starter Croft Wifie
- Start date
I wouldn’t imagine they are volume sellers for the manufacturer.
I can’t abide the things myself and have a few unused refill packs that came with guns. Sounds like I’ll have to auction them off soon.
- Location
- Yelverton, UK
Sorry your flock have reacted - puts you off doing it, its hard to tell whether the fleece will grow back.
I used it through my flock (50ish) several years ago. There was a lot of limping and the vet suspected CODD as well as foot rot. Good cure to most and I culled any that did not respond. There were a few lumps but nothing consequential.
Sounds like you're having quite a time of it at the moment. Did your vet give any advice regarding the goats?
I used it through my flock (50ish) several years ago. There was a lot of limping and the vet suspected CODD as well as foot rot. Good cure to most and I culled any that did not respond. There were a few lumps but nothing consequential.
Sounds like you're having quite a time of it at the moment. Did your vet give any advice regarding the goats?
RMSLLOYD
Member
Used footvax for years and never seen a reaction that bad. Just a thought but i take it you jabbed under the skin and not direct into the muscle? ( not being a clever dick just wondering why you'd have such a bad reaction)
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Licensing coming to an end for the cleaning stuff/ antiseptic was what I was told - from Andy at AP Supplies. I bought five years’ worth of them.
- Location
- East Ayrshire
I'm the same. No matter how careful I am I seem to bend more needles using them and its not always easy getting the bent needle off to change it.I wouldn’t imagine they are volume sellers for the manufacturer.
I can’t abide the things myself and have a few unused refill packs that came with guns. Sounds like I’ll have to auction them off soon.
Will need to have a rake about and see how many unused packs I can find
Sorry but in my experience your wrong… Iv got paddocks Iv rested for 8-9 months and put sheep on them and instantly I start having lame sheep.. since footvax’ing and selective culling Iv dropped my lameness from 20% too 2-3% in 18 months
I had lots of lumps when I started using it on my sheep. I was crap with the gun and jabbing them in the muscle around the neck. This was not helped by working on my own. I actually started a thread on how do people manage to jag under the skin with these guns whilst on their own.... Not easy as the animal moves its head around. Now I inject behind the front shoulder where I can get a better roll of skin and there is less movement. No lumps this year.
I don't have enough experience to say how well it works. But I cant remember when one was last treated for lameness.
I don't have enough experience to say how well it works. But I cant remember when one was last treated for lameness.
RMSLLOYD
Member
Couldn't agree more. Its a pain in the arse to do them in the neck. Same as cydectin in the base of the ear. I asked my vet why it needs to be site specific and she said its needs injecting there as its close to the lymph gland. But i think that 100% hit rate on the shoulder will be more successful than hit and miss on the neck and lot less bad reactions?
Proof is in the pudding....no footrot, codd or scald here....now in year four. Never culled a sheep for footrot, still got ewes that had footrot 4 years ago. How am I wrong....you can keep culling expensive sheep and buying expensive vaccine if you like, I prefer a bit of work and zinc sulfate
Well I used too foot bath everything once/ maybe twice a week and had 20% lameness in my flock now Iv got 2-3% and don’t spend a fortune on footbath solution and zactran now so I guess proof is in the pudding here also
I've never used a footbath and don't trim feet. Have the very occasional limp sheep, generally a thorn or chipped hoof or clump of mud between their claws. Always grip sheep as soon as it starts limping but have had no sign of footrot. Your system works so does mine.Well I used too foot bath everything once/ maybe twice a week and had 20% lameness in my flock now Iv got 2-3% and don’t spend a fortune on footbath solution and zactran now so I guess proof is in the pudding here also
Closed flock, no other sheep for miles, strict quarantine for any bought in rams/pet lambs.
Aspiring Peasants
Member
- Location
- North Pennines
Same here, I'm eating the same puddingWell I used too foot bath everything once/ maybe twice a week and had 20% lameness in my flock now Iv got 2-3% and don’t spend a fortune on footbath solution and zactran now so I guess proof is in the pudding here also
Croft Wifie
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- Location
- Great Bernera, Western Isles
Thank you all so much.
It's really great to hear all your different experiances and how you deal with this problem.
I do the Angora goats with Golden Hoof and it hardens their hooves brilliantly.
but I have kept the animals off the crofts for 3 weeks, maybe that's not enough. I'll try putting them though the Golden Hoof then moving them for a month off that ground.
One of the vets said it can become endemic in the ground, first i heard of it......true?
Anyway, what about my Angora goats which had no lumps, no footrot untill they had a Footvax???????
It's really great to hear all your different experiances and how you deal with this problem.
I do the Angora goats with Golden Hoof and it hardens their hooves brilliantly.
but I have kept the animals off the crofts for 3 weeks, maybe that's not enough. I'll try putting them though the Golden Hoof then moving them for a month off that ground.
One of the vets said it can become endemic in the ground, first i heard of it......true?
Anyway, what about my Angora goats which had no lumps, no footrot untill they had a Footvax???????
Have you got a reasonably priced supplier for that number???
- Location
- West Wales
Edit: just looked, 94.4p or £236.
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