Diarrhea

[boothcreek]

My mouflon ewe has had Diarrhea for weeks if not months. She had a bout of it when I first turned them onto grass full time and then her white rump was covered so i couldn't tell if any more got added to that(and she generally does not poop when I am in sight, weird I know) since until I have seen her poop a couple days ago and it was runny . She acts normal, eats fine looks as healthy as ever except for a pasted up butt..

Poop looks good colour, just runny. What could it be? They have been on grass since end of april now so that can't really be it anymore, and I dewormed them just before I turned them loose. She just looks yucky with her butt looking the way it is right now.
None of the rest of the herd have the issue.

Might she just have a sensitive tummy? likes to eat a plant that gives her the runs that other sheep avoid?

I rather not catch her if I can help it, being exotic wild hoofstock she stresses terribly. So I want to get opinions on here first.

Thanks in advance,

Anna

PS: Also they are not getting anything other then grass at the moment.

 

[TGreenhut]

I don't know what to tell you but since you haven't gotten any responses I decided to bump you up to the top of the list by commenting. Good luck!!

 

[Ms. Research]

Me too. I wish I knew about sheep but I don't. I hope someone will at least give you something you haven't thought of. Anything helps. I know it must be very frustrating for you trying to help this one ewe. I wish you luck!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

You really need to get a fecal if at all possible. Yeah, it might stress her but diarrhea for that long is NOT normal or good and could kill her eventually. She could have some parasite and unless you want to deworm her for every possible one and then treat for coccidia and hope you got it, you should send in a fecal. Any vet should be able to do it and it costs under $10 probably.

 

[boothcreek]

I've been trying to catch her for the past week. No luck so far.

 

[20kidsonhill]

you really need to grain train your livestock to go into a small enclosure so when you do need to catch them you can. just my opinion.

 

[boothcreek]

Everyone follows me in the barn with grain, she will stand at the open door and not put 1 foot in the door. She follows me into every paddock etc for it, just not the barn, that means getting caught. This girl isn't stupid. Between the yearly worming and hooftrimming it takes me about 6 months before she will follow me in the barn again.

It has to be closed buildings cause I have had her climb 8 ft fences when she tries to get away from you.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I had a ewe like that once. I swear I'd do everything the exact same way every day for feeding time, but if I even lingered for 1 second too long she'd notice and let everyone know something was up. Pain in the butt!

 

[boothcreek]

If it were a domestic breed paddocks would be fine, chase her into a corner or lasso her, but she can jump my 7+ foot fence in the catch pen without even taking a run at it. Need a 10 ft solid wall catch pen with covered shoot to catch the Moufs, altho the ram is pretty good with the grain method and follows better then her(also i can pet him while he is eating out of my hand and grab him by the horns).