Heptavac & rain

[twizzel]

I need to 2nd dose a group of shearlings by next weekend, but every time I’ve tried to do it, it’s hammered it down

Today was meant to be dry but it’s currently torrential rain. Do I do them when they’re wet? Can’t keep them in unfortunately. Not sure if it’s best to do it in the time frame and risk abscesses or leave it a few days past the 6 week point and try to get them dry-ish…

 

[Yale]

Seems to be a bit of dry weather this next couple of days. If they are not too wet I’d carefully part the wool and usually the portion near the skin is dry. Just try not to foul the needle on the damp wool.

 

[Hill Ground]

Use a sterimatic on the gun.

Could change the steri pad more often if your worried

 

[Estate fencing.]

I never give thought about it raining in older sheep, wouldn’t do young lambs that are going for killing though. More important to get it done well before the Tup’s go in I would think.

 

[spin cycle]

two things....1/ can you get heptavac and 2/ can you get sterimatic?

 

[Jerry]

two things....1/ can you get heptavac and 2/ can you get sterimatic?

Heptavac supply is ok here.

Have not been able to get sterimatic plugs for a couple years. Think they’ve stopped making them.

 

[Hill Ground]

Hep vac supply here is patchy, never noticed a sterimatic supply issue though?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

My father told me, "If you wait for everything to be perfect, you'll never get anything done".
I think you've done your best to get things perfect but ultimately, you have to crack on and do the best you can.
I've done them wet before and didn't notice any issues but I did change the needle very regularly to minimise any issues.

 

[twizzel]

Thanks. Been dry with bit of a breeze here for 6 hours so I’m going to try and do them today. The rest of the week is a write off weather wise.

I’ve got some spare sterimatic tops here and found a place with enough heptavac for my shearlings and the pre lambing dose for everyone too. Tups have been in for a month now. It’s not ideal but they lapsed on their annual booster which was due in June, and then didnt realise I needed to leave a good few weeks between abortion and clostridial vaccine, hence doing it now.

 

[livestock 1]

It’s usually raining when we are on with sheep I wouldn’t have even considered not doing it because of rain

 

[neilo]

Years ago, I got rained off by a thunderstorm, halfway through doing Ovivac P on 400 lambs in June. I wasn’t marking the lambs as I injected them, I rarely do.
After it passed, I carried on doing the wet lambs, rather than mix them up and have to do the lot again.

I have never seen as many abscesses on lambs in my life, and have never vaccinated wet sheep since.

A sterimatic won’t help (if the hateful thing ever does) as the needle will still be going through dirty, wet skin each time. The problem won’t be coming from the previous sheep vaccinated.

 

[David.]

Sterimatic is gone as a result of licensing issues for the refills since Brexit, I'm informed.
I'd just got used to using the clumsy thing

 

[Bury the Trash]

twizzel said:
I need to 2nd dose a group of shearlings by next weekend, but every time I’ve tried to do it, it’s hammered it down

Today was meant to be dry but it’s currently torrential rain. Do I do them when they’re wet? Can’t keep them in unfortunately. Not sure if it’s best to do it in the time frame and risk abscesses or leave it a few days past the 6 week point and try to get them dry-ish…

Dont panic be patient.
dont do them wet /crappy
few days or so beyond will still be ok .but obviously do them asap .

 

[twizzel]

Got them done yesterday, surprisingly they were dry 6 hours post rain

 

[Woolless]

Sterimatic is gone as a result of licensing issues for the refills since Brexit, I'm informed.
I'd just got used to using the clumsy thing

Can't get them up here either. They weren't ideal but better than a bare needle.

 

[steveR]

Sterimatic is gone as a result of licensing issues for the refills since Brexit, I'm informed.
I'd just got used to using the clumsy thing

There is a lookalike available now. Saw one in Wynnstay, but I have enough refills for a year or two here.

 

[Woolless]

There is a lookalike available now. Saw one in Wynnstay, but I have enough refills for a year or two here.

Do you know what it's called?

 

[steveR]

Do you know what it's called?

Sorry, I cannot remember

 

[Newguy]

Does anyone else know the name of the sterimatic replacement? That Wynnstay sells.

 

[bracken basher]

Does anyone else know the name of the sterimatic replacement? That Wynnstay sells.

https://www.wynnstay.co.uk/subcutaneous-vaccinator-2.html