Sheep with overnight sores on face

[KJenkins91]

Hi! My lamb (~7mo) has what looks like warts/pustules with scabs suddenly this morning on the side of the face and under the neck. Backstory- her and sister were brutally attacked by stray dogs that got over our fence 2 weeks ago. We had to cull one sheep as she was too badly injured and we have been rehabbing this one, hoping she will make it. She appeared to be bit by a dog on her right front shoulder and the left side of her neck. The neck wound immediately healed but I think it broke her neck or dislocated it. It is crooked and hard and she can’t lift her head up very far from the ground but it hasn’t stopped her from eating/drinking. Her other wound on front shoulder was bad and we’ve been doing antibiotics, aspirin when needed, vetericyn spray and cleaning the wounds with water and soap, colloidal silver spray topically and into her mouth, vitamin B complex, nutridrench, bluekote, and neosporin. It definitely got infected but I believe is getting better day by day. An outer layer of skin lost hair and hardened from the bluekote and is starting to finally peel back and crack at edges to reveal new skin underneath. She’s started putting a little amount of weight on that leg but mostly hobbles with the other 3 legs. Enough of backstory, we got a new sheep last night from the same person we got the injured one from so she wouldn’t be alone anymore. This was also her first night back in the fence instead of isolated. I don’t know what’s happened to her face. If it’s not one thing it’s another. Could it be something from flies, bees, wasps, etc? Wounds from plants? Different infection? I don’t think it’s scabby mouth as her mouth seems fine really. This just appeared overnight…. Added pic of our poor girl bluekote and all in case anyone has any ideas as far as quality of life with a crooked neck. We are happy she’s up and grazing and feeling better because initial days were rough.

 

[Ridgetop]

Look like bite puncture marks to me, probably infected. I would remove several scabs and see if they would drain - squeeze to see if anything comes out. Sometimes puncture wounds close up, the skin healsI looking like everything is ok even with antibiotics. Infection is left under the skin causing problem. If this is what has happened, you will have to drain the punctures of pus. Then use a syringe (remove needle) to inject iodine soution into the holes and flush out any infection and pus. I use mastitis tubes (off lable use) to inject the antibiotic solution into the punctures which can be a couple inches deep.

Punctures are one of the hardest injuries to clean out and disinfect because the skin will heal over the hole and the infection remains in the wound.