Ewe not acting right

[BlueMoonFarms]

I was typing that response whilst you were typing a post BlueMoonFarms. I was assuming that Fluffy's conjunctivae were not a good red colour and she looked anaemic.
Sheep tolerate quite a severe degree of anaemia of slow onset (as happens with worms) before they become symptomatic. If there is any suspicion of anaemia worm all your sheep.
Sheep also have a nasty tendency to seem relatively OK one minute and moribund the next......they are prey animals rather than predators and are programmed to hide their symptoms until very late in any disease (A protective response to try to hide the fact that they are the weak member of a herd and get picked off for food).

Again,good luck.

Yeah she was between a three and a four on the chart everyone will be getting wormed. Though if it ends up being tapes again is there anything I can give my girls that will be safe for the babys?

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Yup, fluffy has tape worms and her poop is now becoming soft.
I hit her with Ivermec, gave her some Milk of Magnisia, apple cider vinegar with honey and garlic, and have ginger ale on stand by incase its bloat.
I will call the vet in the morning, but in the mean time has anyone ever heard of a product that will kill tapes but will be safe for pregnant ewes?

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Or better question, should I be concerned by the tapes since so many articles are telling me that sheep can live with tapes?

 

[Sheepshape]

I think tapeworms can be tolerated relatively well by sheep and don't usually cause much anaemia.
Febendazole is safe to use in pregnant ewes ,but not albendazol as far as I know.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Alright, vet told me to wait on the tapes, and that now I should just watch Fluffy and wait due to her perking up this morning, back to eating her hay, and walking with the herd rather then lingering behind.
I ended up giving her Ivermec, apple cider vinegar with honey and garlic, as well as Milk of Magnesia. Hopefully she will continue to recover and do well!

 

[Southern by choice]

I think tapeworms can be tolerated relatively well by sheep and don't usually cause much anaemia.
Febendazole is safe to use in pregnant ewes ,but not albendazol as far as I know.

x2 tapes rarely cause much of an issue in sheep / goats. Safeguard is very effective however the dosage for treating tapes with fenbendozole is 9ml per 100 lbs not sure about sheep dosage. IOW you cannot use the basic dose. Our vet told us that peice of useful info.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Thanks everyone! Fluffy is back to her old self the vet also agreed that the tapes are minute and that I should wait until after birth to de-worm her for them.

 

[bonbean01]

Glad she is on the mend!!!!