Ridgetop
Herd Master
Lamblover: If you don't have it in your flock now, why bring it home? You are just setting yourself and any future sheep to get it. To be honest, buy something else somewhere else. There is no point in buying disease and bringing it in. It also gets into the soil. It is probably the reason the ewes refused to nurse the lambs. Soremouth doesn't just get on the mouth, it can get on and inside the teats and udder, causing the ewe pain so that she will refuse to let the lambs nurse. People who don't have soremouth in their flocks already are told not to vaccinate because the vaccine is live and will infect the entire flock. Once you start vaccinating you have to keep on because the vaccine is caused the disease to now be in your animals. Flocks that have animals with soremouth vaccinate because it is a way to control the disease. It is also contagious to people. Humans can get it from treating the sores without wearing gloves. It is known as orf in humans. I strongly recommend you look elsewhere for a bottle lamb.
Purplequeenvt: Since LambLover doesn't have any sheep yet, why bother with one that already has soremouth. This is not a winning show animal that should be kept because of its genetic heritage.
Purplequeenvt: Since LambLover doesn't have any sheep yet, why bother with one that already has soremouth. This is not a winning show animal that should be kept because of its genetic heritage.