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Update on Carmen: she is doing better, but I am wondering if she doesn't need another, larger dose, sooner than 2 weeks? An old farmers tip I learned from another farmer a few years ago, is to check the color of the eyes; if you pull thier lower eyelid down and look, it should be magenta/ red...

Good choice!

Reminds me of the East Friesians(EF); mugging for copper-free horse treats and scratchies. The Icelandics were muggers too but more aggressive. The EFs might shove my hand around with their noses and lean against me, but the Icelandics were prone to that and hoof-pawing, nibbling, butting...

Aside from the ewe in the photos earlier (her name is Carmen), we don't have any other sheep. They were all rehomed, and she's the last. We raised Icelandic sheep a few years ago for the wool. I didn't care much for their personality tho. The East Friesians and Black Welsh Mountain sheep I felt...

We've tried, but her wool is very coarse, and matts up really bad once it reaches 3 inch staple length, so now we just throw it on the garden as mulch. East friesian wool is usually regarded as carpet wool...now i know why! Primarily we milked her, and kept the lambs for meat, but the wool was...

This our gorgeous girl. Her getting worm overload couldn't happen at a worst time; we are trying to find her a home and nobody wants to buy a sick sheep! She seems to feeling better, she was very hungry today and is more alert. I'm going to give her some more vitamin gel tonight at the 24 hour...

Ok, thanks for the tip!

She is a East Friesian/Dorset/Black Welsh Mountain Sheep cross. She is 5 years old and she is not gestating, lactating, has lambs, or has weaned any recently.

I just gave her 18 ml of the dewormer. And a double dose of a multivitamin gel paste (she seems a bit malnourished) that contains a fair amount of vitamin B. Deworm again 2 weeks from now - okay, thanks!

I have situation that is close to an emergency: My sheep has severe worm toxicity, and I ran out of my regular dewormer (all-natural plant-based). As a backup emergency option, I have some Duravet Ivermectin Sheep Drench that has been in my livestock first-aid-bin for over a year, and I've never...