white muscle disease?

[Bridgemoof]

Vet visit: $100
Selenium shots: $25
Calcium supplements: $20.00

Being cute and eating grass: Priceless

 

[watchdogps]

Vet visit: $100
Selenium shots: $25
Calcium supplements: $20.00

Being cute and eating grass: Priceless

Pretty close! Vet was only $40, but there was also:

lamb nipples for failed bottle attempt - $6
goats milk $5
milk replacer $24
nutridrench $11
Calcium drench $11
and some other various supplements...

Good thing grass is free!

 

[Bridgemoof]

I was just guessing, lol! Was the selenium shot really $25? Was that one dose? I'm asking because I don't give my sheep SoBe. I give them free choice minerals and there are also minerals in the feed I've been giving them when they aren't out on pasture. I'm worried about the selenium levels, because I guess it is absent in our soil where we live.

Several of my lamb have been having some limping problems, or stiff muscles, or I don't know what. Something is not right. We treated their hooves and gave them antibiotics and they seemed to respond to that. I'm trying to gather as much info as I can about WMD and selenium deficiencies so I can rule that out. That's how I got onto your thread. Basically, I worry too much. We lost lamb that we sold about a week after we sold it, for unknown internal reasons. I don't want the same thing to happen to my others.

 

[watchdogps]

I was just guessing, lol! Was the selenium shot really $25? Was that one dose? I'm asking because I don't give my sheep SoBe. I give them free choice minerals and there are also minerals in the feed I've been giving them when they aren't out on pasture. I'm worried about the selenium levels, because I guess it is absent in our soil where we live.

Several of my lamb have been having some limping problems, or stiff muscles, or I don't know what. Something is not right. We treated their hooves and gave them antibiotics and they seemed to respond to that. I'm trying to gather as much info as I can about WMD and selenium deficiencies so I can rule that out. That's how I got onto your thread. Basically, I worry too much. We lost lamb that we sold about a week after we sold it, for unknown internal reasons. I don't want the same thing to happen to my others.

No, I think it was more like $10. But that's vet markup. You can get a bottle of BoSe (make sure you get BoSe, not SoBe, that's a fruit drink, lol) for much less per dose. I was told most sheep raisers give a shot of BoSe "out of the jug" here.

He's doing really well, he actually RAN and gave a happy little lamby leap today!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Hey watchdog, was wondering how your lamb was doing?

I've now been giving my sheep the BoSe. Two Jacobs I have in particular have had very weak pasterns. Could be genetic, but their brothers and sister seem to be okay. Anyways, our vet recommended the BoSe to help stave off WMD in case that's what it is. We have been giving them injections every 3 weeks based on his advice, but still no change in their pasterns. I'm really disappointed because the one, Beastie Boy, is supposed to be my Jacob ram, he has 5 horns. His horns are so big at this point they have outgrown his skull, splitting his scalp where they have been growing. And his weak little pasterns, he waddles around with his floppy ankles. It's so sad because he is the sweetest, cutest little thing. He's about 6 months now.

 

[SheepGirl]

Weak pasterns could be genetic but you can also give him some vitamin B and see if that helps.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Okay SheepGirl, Vitamin B in what form? Do you know what quantity? Thanks!

 

[SheepGirl]

Jeffer's Livestock has a vitamin B complex gel...you could try that or see if you can find it at your feed store. I would go with label instructions.

 

[Bridgemoof]

ok thanks!