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Old 02/02/11, 06:27 PM
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What breed of sheep do you have?
BTW...we have mostly Dorpers, a few Katahdins. This particular ewe is a Katahdin, the babies are crossed with Dorper.
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Old 02/02/11, 08:14 PM
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Can you get some selenium capsules for humans, from a store? I would sprinke one of them in the colostrum.
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Old 02/02/11, 08:19 PM
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Do you have any nutri-drench?
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Old 02/02/11, 10:22 PM
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No to the nutri-drench and not sure to the selenium...do they make selenium pills for humans? lol. That's how I got the vit e today! I will go check first thing in the AM since everything is closed here now. It is supposed to get down to 4 degrees here...in MEXICO!! Can you believe that!? Glad this baby is in here. I'm thinking about putting a sweater on the other one that's outside!!!
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Old 02/03/11, 07:24 AM
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How is she doing?
It's hard when meds etc that we can easily buy are unavailable to you. Must be frustrating.

Praying she is ok. ((hugs))
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Yes they make selenium capsules for humans.
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