Ticks in lambs a week old

[Kevin21]

Found ticks in few lambs today should I be worried about this is there anything I can do ?

 

[spark_28]

give spot on. Can give crovect if they are over a week old. Sorted mine today and some were rotten with it. Tick can kill them so youre best yo sort it

 

[Kevin21]

Thanks alot is it difficult to do ?

 

[spark_28]

no really easy. just put it between the shoulders. it says 5ml for lambs over 10kg but i still give roughly that to my young lambs. The bottle has a gauge with it that makes it easy. maybe you should do the sheep too as most of the tick will actually come from the mother

 

[Old Tip]

Just dont do it on a hot sunny day or u can kill them, no ticks nere to bloody cold. Usually dip the ewes before lambing and they keep the ticks of the young lambs and then do the lambs at a month old. If u do them at a week be careful and then do them again at 6 weeks. Have to be a month old for dysect and crovecy i think but espot on ok as long as keep away fom the head and not sunny.

OT

 

[spark_28]

crovects a week, sure i read it on the bottle last week. normally id do them with spot on after a few weeks then crovect later but had to sort eveything out early as im going away for a while and leaving someone to look after them