Kodesh Acres - This is my journal about sheep

[Mini Horses]

In fact, yes it does. I'm a parasite free garlic eater. Who knows how much ivermectin I've absorbed

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Who knows how much ivermectin I've absorbed

Me too!

 

[rachels.haven]

Misty has tape worms? That is super gross. I've never seen tapeworms before in the sheep. I will need to figure out treatment and dose everyone.

At least for goats it's normal to always have some tapeworms. They have a soil mite as an intermediate host so it's rather difficult to completely get away from and rid of it. Some people say they're harmless, however I've found that if they're losing condition for no other reason or not growing well a wormer that completely kills tapeworms should be considered (for instance, not valbazen that only kills the heads). For us that has been a horse wormer. Sheep probably have something better available. We lost a buckling to what the necropsy decided was several large adult tapeworms obstructing digestion and sapping energy. They DO kill-just not usually.

 

[SageHill]

not valbazen that only kills the heads

Wow - did not know that.

 

[Baymule]

I use this horse wormer for tapeworms. It’s the praziquantel that gets the tapeworms.

 

[Ridgetop]

I think Kodesh said that Gwen passed the tapeworm, not Misty. Is Gwen one of the ewes?

 

[KodeshAcres]

Calc Fluor for prolapse? How does that work? I take it now, plus Calc phos and Silicea for my bones. I have used Calc fluoride to dissolve a bone spur before. Homeopathy remedies are amazing.

My ewe Specks had a hard birth yesterday, at least 3 weeks early and dead baby. I have a friend in school to become a homeopathic healer, she’s 1 year away from graduating. I need to ask her what remedy whole help Specks. Thanks for nudging my brain on this.

I hate tapeworms!

Natural sheep care, who wrote that book?

That's a bummer about your sheep will you give her another try next lambing season?

About the Calc Fluor, according to the book the prolapse happens do to a lack of calcium causing low muscle tone, and based on my research calcium fluoride is a quick way to deliver it to them and us too. To be 100% honest with you I don't understand all the "science" behind it all yet and I am no expert. I will tell you one thing though it was God sent, I'll tell you why.

I learned about cell salts about a year ago. Way before having sheep. I've struggled with very sensitive gums since I was a teenager and now that I am getting older I am experiencing some gum recession which is what this tissue salt helps with. For the past month I kept thinking about finally ordering these cell salts for myself but kept putting it off for one reason or the other. Well I finally ordered them NOT knowing what the book said about prolapse and Calc Fluor. My order came in the mail and two nights after receiving them I had these thoughts that would not leave me alone about reading the book Natural Sheep Care by Pat Coleby (keep in mind I have never read through this whole book and hadn't picked it up in over a week) so it went something like this "You haven't read that sheep book in a while" "You should really make time to read that book" "Does that book say anything about treating prolapse?" ok ok Lord I hear you! I was beyond exhausted that night but I reached for the book anyway and there it was!!!! The thing that was going to help Misty had just arrived in the mail two days earlier and I didn't even know it! God is good, that was enough for me, no need to doubt or question it just have faith and trust. So I started giving it to her the very next day. The book says that giving it to them 2-3 days is enough.

A lot of homeopathic remedies can be given to livestock, but they don't want people to know that. They would rather we pump meds into our animals... ok I can go on and on but I won't lol

I had NEVER seen anything like that come out of an animal before but I sure am glad the pumpkin helped her get it out.

 

[KodeshAcres]

I think it was Pat Coleby? She writes on naturapathic care of animals... think she wrote some for cattle and other animals. Was a popular writer for some of the small animal/homesteader magazines.

That is correct

 

[KodeshAcres]

Misty has tape worms? That is super gross. I've never seen tapeworms before in the sheep. I will need to figure out treatment and dose everyone.

@Margali this came out of Gwynn not Misty. I think it's a smart idea to treat your flock. Based on my research we believe she came to us with it. Once ingested it takes 1-2 weeks for them to develop into larvae, then 5-12 weeks before they reach maturity. That thing was HUGE wrapped around all through the poop I also read that lambs less than 8 months of age are particularly susceptible to heavy worm infections. I'm just glad the pumpkin helped her get it out, my intention was not to treat her for worms, I just wanted to give them a treat out of all the ewes she's the one who went to town with eating that pumpkin.

 

[KodeshAcres]

Pumpkin seed and mango seed both help....also garlic, oregano & wormwood. I keep oregano oil to use in chicken water or mix onto feed. It's an amazing herb, easy to grow.

Never heard of mango seeds, but I knew pumpkin was anti-parasitic. We just ordered oregano oil. My preferred method would be wormwood but can't give it to the pregnant ewes right now. I'll have to look into growing oregano, we also want to grow chicory. I love natural remedies.