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Toxin overload

bradachu · 2012-03-05 14:30:06

Living and learning the hard way. Lost 6 sheep last week. I cleaned out an old shed. Old hay, crap, mummified rat. Lots of dung, so I reckoned It'd be safe to leave it outside for the night; sheep would keep away from the dirt. Poisonous; over the next 4 days the sheep went down. Once they dropped they were gone within an…

05-03-2012 2:30pm

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bradachu

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Living and learning the hard way. Lost 6 sheep last week. I cleaned out an old shed. Old hay, crap, mummified rat. Lots of dung, so I reckoned It'd be safe to leave it outside for the night; sheep would keep away from the dirt. Poisonous; over the next 4 days the sheep went down. Once they dropped they were gone within an hour; damage done so even the vet couldn't save them. The rumens had stopped working from toxins and the whole digestive system shut; hugely swollen and packed full of the foulest smelling dung. The vet did a quicky PM and even he had to turn away to take a breath. Two of them were those awkward greedy sheep you find in every flock; they'd hoofed away at a corner to get at old feed. Very annoyed with myself. :mad:

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#2 05-03-2012 2:46pm

galway 4 sam

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what excatly did the sheep eat that made them so sick??

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