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Smelly breath

  • 18-09-2015 5:45pm
    #1
    jd06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭


    Hi all
    I was dosing the ewes this evening and I noticed a ewe with smelly breath
    She also wasnt herself not much life in her and a little thin
    Any ideas. Thanks


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  • #2
    FlickBean
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25 ✭FlickBean


    I think I met her in Coppers last weekend....


  • #3
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    jd06 wrote: »
    Hi all
    I was dosing the ewes this evening and I noticed a ewe with smelly breath
    She also wasnt herself not much life in her and a little thin
    Any ideas. Thanks

    What kind of smelly?
    Ketosis gives animals breath like they've downed vodka


  • #4
    jd06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭jd06


    Its like it's coming from her stomach. Terrible smell like acid


  • #5
    spaceboy123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭spaceboy123


    jd06 wrote: »
    Hi all
    I was dosing the ewes this evening and I noticed a ewe with smelly breath
    She also wasnt herself not much life in her and a little thin
    Any ideas. Thanks

    Sounds very like twin lamb disease to me, I would give her a dose of glucose 60 ml once a day for the next 3 days, if no improvement ring the vet


  • #6
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Is she losing her cud by any chance?


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  • #7
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    If it smells like ammonia, it could be buggered kidneys.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #8
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    spaceboy123 wrote: »
    Sounds very like twin lamb disease to me, I would give her a dose of glucose 60 ml once a day for the next 3 days, if no improvement ring the vet

    Hardly in lamb at the moment. And no shortage of feed at moment so very unlikely to be twin lamb disease


  • #9
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Check her mouth and teeth.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #10
    jd06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭jd06


    ganmo wrote: »
    Is she losing her cud by any chance?

    There's a small bit of green around her nostrils but I dont think its the cud


  • #11
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Has she switched from Colgate to a less reputable brand recently?


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  • #12
    jd06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭jd06


    greysides wrote: »
    Check her mouth and teeth.

    What would I be looking for with her mouth and teeth


  • #13
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Infection in mouth, loose rotten teeth...

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #14
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    Any cure fore a sheep that's losing the cud?


  • #15
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Any cure fore a sheep that's losing the cud?

    Factory... :confused:


  • #16
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    What do you mean by 'losing her cud'?


  • #17
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    What do you mean by 'losing her cud'?

    Bad tHriving sheep with a green mouth..actually bringing up and losing a cud of grass.


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