What to do with a sheep that’s been weeded and bag bursts

[nosmokenopoke]

What can be done with a sheep that’s vessel bursts and ends up all bloody? Put to sleep or how can it be dealt with?

 

[2wheels]

knackery. put the poor thing out of it's misery.

 

[Generally01]

What can be done with a sheep that’s vessel bursts and ends up all bloody? Put to sleep or how can it be dealt with?

I agree with 2wheels put it out of its misery... sheep multiply fast enough that you should cull out the bad ones as quickly as they appear or your whole flock could go bad quickly. and besides the money you spend fixing the sickly ones would be better saved for the sheep's diet ect making it better for the ones u do have.
Basically put more effort into strengthening the good, instead of wasting time and money on the ones that will never preform properly.

 

[michael N123]

Shoot it

 

[neilo]

What can be done with a sheep that’s vessel bursts and ends up all bloody? Put to sleep or how can it be dealt with?

Is it in pain? Flies not a problem now, and it will heal up on it's own now the infection is out. Give her a few months you won't be able to tell without turning her over. Cull her then, obviously.


The old way of sorting summer mastitis in a cow was to cut the tit off to let it drain. Is this any different.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Is it in pain? Flies not a problem now, and it will heal up on it's own now the infection is out. Give her a few months you won't be able to tell without turning her over. Cull her then, obviously.


The old way of sorting summer mastitis in a cow was to cut the tit off to let it drain. Is this any different.

Done that on loads of ewes over the years. Dying on the floor, won’t move. Tit off, try and work out as much of the crap as poss, take a lamb off, leave her 1 lamb to suck the good tit, within an hour they are usually up, looking brighter and eating. I’ve only lost the odd one since I started cutting them off. Hardly ever saved them before! Once the bag has gone cold it’s just dead tissue anyway.

I find they dry up themselves well, the worst of it drops off and they get fat like any other cull ewe. I find they survive best if it does burst on its own. Let all the crap out.

Important too keep it well sprayed with blue spray and give it a good dose of white penicillin.

 

[primmiemoo]

As soon as the whole teat goes cold, then amputate it.

Do give an anti-inflammatory, because there will still be pain from living tissue elsewhere in the udder.

 

[yellowbelly]

Important too keep it well sprayed with blue spray and give it a good dose of white penicillin.

..............and a spray of Crovect or Dysect, if it's in the summer time.

 

[neilo]

..............and a spray of Crovect or Dysect, if it's in the summer time.

In the good old days, some may have used a healthy slosh of dip.

 

[yellowbelly]

In the good old days, some may have used a healthy slosh of dip.

Aaahhhh, the good old days..................

 

[Anymulewilldo]

..............and a spray of Crovect or Dysect, if it's in the summer time.

I drop them in the dip for preference.

But the really really strange thing is that I’ve never had maggots in the open wound as it heals? I’ve just put it down too the sh!t coming out of the sheep is soo nasty that even flies won’t touch it? It’s always amazed me how they don’t get maggots right up inside the bag?

Anyone else noticed this?

 

[yellowbelly]

Anyone else noticed this?

Yep

The bad quarter normally just drops off. We had one this year that hung on and hung on for ages. It turned out that it had a blood supply right in the middle of it and eventually she kept treading on it when she got up and started it bleeding again
Put a rubber ring on it in the end and it dropped off with no further problem. Ewe turned out to be this year's top priced cull in the end

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Yep

The bad quarter normally just drops off. We had one this year that hung on and hung on for ages. It turned out that it had a blood supply right in the middle of it and eventually she kept treading on it when she got up and started it bleeding again
Put a rubber ring on it in the end and it dropped off with no further problem. Ewe turned out to be this year's top priced cull in the end

Oh Jesus, we had an old Suffolk that did that. Came down as 1 stem but then broke into 4 “fingers” which would start bleeding in turn. We used the old burdizzers and some very fast work with a razor sharp knife and a rubber ring. It must have been hurting the poor owd bugger. After the surgery she piled the condition on.

 

[neilo]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that would never contemplate shooting an otherwise healthy ewe because of it.

 

[Optimus]

Oh Jesus, we had an old Suffolk that did that. Came down as 1 stem but then broke into 4 “fingers” which would start bleeding in turn. We used the old burdizzers and some very fast work with a razor sharp knife and a rubber ring. It must have been hurting the poor owd bugger. After the surgery she piled the condition on.

If you can put string round first ,stems the blood flow.then chop em off an put on rings [emoji106]

 

[Anymulewilldo]

If you can put string round first ,stems the blood flow.then chop em off an put on rings [emoji106]

Once again TFF provides another sensible sounding idea too try!!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that would never contemplate shooting an otherwise healthy ewe because of it.

Ewes got too do something pretty bad before they get shot here! It’s amazing how a bit of treatment, care and time can turn an £18 bill from the knacker man into £50-£70 cheque at the mart a few months later!

Our local halal slaughterhouse (pre stun) used to be really good for something I thought wouldn’t heal if it had flesh on it. Had a tup rupture his balls a few years ago, rang up “yes bring him straight down” vet met me at the lairage door, all passed. Straight up into the stun pen and gone. Came too £94. The other option was the knacker man. Unfortunately the fella who ran the abattoir decided it was getting too much too handle and retired. Wouldn’t trust the new lot an inch so that’s buggered that plan up!!

 

[Generally01]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that would never contemplate shooting an otherwise healthy ewe because of it.

Just because you shoot em don't mean you wasted it.... Haven't you ever heard of mutton? even if you don't want to eat it, you could sell it.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Just because you shoot em don't mean you wasted it.... Haven't you ever heard of mutton? even if you don't want to eat it, you could sell it.

If it’s bag was fresh burst I really wouldn’t fancy eating it... and you wouldn’t get it past a meat inspector at the slaughterhouse to get it stamped so you could sell it.

 

[neilo]

Just because you shoot em don't mean you wasted it.... Haven't you ever heard of mutton? even if you don't want to eat it, you could sell it.

In the UK it is illegal to sell meat unless it has been slaughtered, inspected & stamped in an abattoir.

Any ewe that busts it’s bag here wouldn’t be fit forthe food chain at that point anyway, I would have already treated her with a course of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories to try to prevent it.