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<blockquote data-quote="ladycrofter" data-source="post: 8150350" data-attributes="member: 616"><p>Not a fan of blood testing, every sheep is an individual. What comes across as an average flock deficiency won't help the ones that are having serious problems. I would do everything suggested here - get tubs and salt licks out, a good dose of mineral drench, and more feed. Also good hay for a while. I would jag them the whole flock with a half dose of calciject, symptoms or no. Feed change alone won't fix it because their appetite is surpressed.</p><p>Your symptoms of twitching and blindness are textbook advanced mag/calcium deficiency IMO; are their ears cold? Another classic symptom. Watch for them blinking too often to get it early.</p><p>We have then hitting the calcium hard this year at the first sign of problems and usually taking more than 1 day's dose to correct problems. Some years hardly use any, in spite of same feeding/grazing routine so must be weather and grass growth related.</p><p>It's just one of those things, don't kick yourself! Every year we earn something new <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ladycrofter, post: 8150350, member: 616"] Not a fan of blood testing, every sheep is an individual. What comes across as an average flock deficiency won't help the ones that are having serious problems. I would do everything suggested here - get tubs and salt licks out, a good dose of mineral drench, and more feed. Also good hay for a while. I would jag them the whole flock with a half dose of calciject, symptoms or no. Feed change alone won't fix it because their appetite is surpressed. Your symptoms of twitching and blindness are textbook advanced mag/calcium deficiency IMO; are their ears cold? Another classic symptom. Watch for them blinking too often to get it early. We have then hitting the calcium hard this year at the first sign of problems and usually taking more than 1 day's dose to correct problems. Some years hardly use any, in spite of same feeding/grazing routine so must be weather and grass growth related. It's just one of those things, don't kick yourself! Every year we earn something new 🙄. [/QUOTE]
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