Pot Bellied Ewe?

[Muck Bucket]

I rescued a hair muttish type ewe and her two doelings begging of June. The babies were two days old and the family cam off of a slaughter farm, the ewe is about 4 years and they thought her time was up (slaughter) when she finished nursing the babies, so I forked out the money to save these three precious lifes. However the mother, Adel as we call her, was very underweight and very pop-bellied. I thought perhaps it was bacause she was wormy and just had triplets. I let her gain some weight and gain her strength then I wormed her and let her eat, eat,eat. However its August now and she still has a big ol potbelly. She also pants alot when I let her out of her pen to run the property. Could there be better wormer for her, could she have a disorder? Any help would be great...the pictures aren't the best but maybe it will give you and idea, the first is when I got her and the last two are current.
Oh yeah I used Privermectin Sheep Drench for her deworming.
Thanks!

 

[Muck Bucket]

 

[manybirds]

i don't know. my only guess would be worms. maybe she has a worm that that wormer dosn't cover? check and see what it does cover and then get a different wormer that covers something different? i don't know how varied wormers r but u might find something. as for the panting she might just be hot. maybe try shearing her

 

[aggieterpkatie]

My guess is the ewe is older than 4 and her stomach is just looser from having babies. You could always take a fecal sample to the vet to have it tested to see exactly what kind of worms she has, then choose a dewormer from there. It's kinda hit or miss if you just deworm her without actually knowing what kinds of worms she has. Fecals are usually less than $10, and they can do them right in the office and have results back that day or a day later. She had some neat looking lambs.

 

[SheepGirl]

She looks like a Romanov or a Romanov-cross, though her lambs could be crosses.

Anyways, for being a four year old, her "figure" looks about right. I would not say she is pot bellied. If you look at her, it just looks like she has a good spring of rib which is common among ewes that have carried a lot of lambs. You can also see a "hollow" or a triangular shaped area that is sunken in behind her ribs. This is common with lactating ewes and she should fill out again when she is no longer lactating (during maintenance) and when she is gestating again.

A pot bellied lamb or ewe will appear skinny but will have a large gut (they will have a body condition score of one or two but their bellies will be extended out and you will not be able to see the hollow as you would with a "normal" skinny sheep).