Ovine Intensive Care

 There has been a lot of rain - so there is mud everywhere - and then snow over the last week or so.  

And the young rams have clearly been struggling in the adverse conditions. 

A couple of them have got a skin infection on their noses  - possible trauma in trying to  graze through ice and the mud is a less than hygienic environment . 

So they needed an antibiotic jab, and some feeding up , so they have been brought in for a few days 

Charlie the one-eyed sheep

 

So we noticed this when inspecting one of the sheep 

And on looking closer : 

 

 

 for comparison , here is the other eye 

 

 so he has keratoconjuctivitis. According to this website  its prevalent at this time of the year as high winds and driving snow (well, hail where we are)causes trauma to the eye , which gets infected .   In people  the treatment is regular eye  drops  and antibiotics put in the eye. The work involved in getting close enough to do that is silly ,  so its a one-off jab with an antibiotic. And keep an eye (!) on the others as its infectious and they congregate (and argue) round the hay feeder.

And a week later : 

getting better !