Luckily we were able to catch the flystrike on this ewe quite early. Now she can enjoy the summer weather in comfort.
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I had this happen to my cattle dog….twice. The first time I was totally clueless. He was not acting normal so I took him to the vet and on the way he smelled just awful. Like stinking garbage. I was stunned to discover he had maggots in his coat. The vet shaved his rump and they had just started working on his skin. He was pink in that area. After that I was all up in his business so it wouldn’t happen again but it did. I was devastated. Back to the vet. It was less damage the second time as I knew what to watch for. He was 14 years old and liked to lay under our house in the cool dirt. He was the sweetest boy and I still miss him years later.
Sad story, glad you looked after him well.
You’re an amazing and caring pet owner. Thank you for caring for your dog so kindly
Good job of taking care of your animals and being attentive. BRAVO ❤
That has to feel so much better, poor thing. At least you care and look after your animals, thank you for that 🙏 ❤
Every sheep should have a chicken/ hen assigned to it. Just like guardian dogs are assigned to protect the flock from predators so could chickens grow up with the sheep to protect the sheep from blowflys. Now THAT'S a pecking order! 😊
Chickens love blood and will pick a wound down to the bone if allowed. Not to mention that they don't bond with other animals or really even each other. They instinctively flock together because there's safety in numbers but when one dies, they don't care and just walk around on top of them without a second thought.
Annd..? They get flystrike toooooo
@@jagoldenpyrenees491 oh boy I have news for you. Chickens don't just walk over their dead they eat them. Chickens are notorious cannibals especially in large flocks
@@stormtruppen4039 Yep, I've raised hundreds and they're savage little cannibals.
@@stormtruppen4039 They are modern day dinosaurs! I wouldn´t expect less xD
We had a really bad year when i was a kid, i had to help out a lot and still remember the horrible smell and the poor bleeding sheep. We painted them all blue with teramicein and they all survived. It turned out that there was a dead horse in a field a few miles down the road and the flies were coming from there.
beautiful day indeed. Glad you caught that.
1st thank you for taking care of your animals. 2nd that close up is the best I’ve seen. I could see the smaller maggots sticking to the base coat. That had to be unbearably itchy!
Another great video ❤️ 🐑 ❤️
What beautiful slice of heaven.
Yeahhhh🎉 u finally zoomed in on the strike ❕That was aweome❣️glad the sheep is sheared, and will heal😉 off it goes 💨💨
Fly strike is so nasty. Had a long-haired bunny come into a clinic I worked at that was riddled with maggots. Bunny had a tiny little wound on his belly the owner had no idea even existed and since it was summer, had left the windows open to get some air. In 24 hours, Bunny went from perfect to AUUUGGHHHH! Took three hours to pick all the maggots out and treat the wound since shaving a bunny is not always the best option.
Wow, sounds terrible!
Poor angel hope it’s better now😊
This channel is Maggotly satisfying. 👍
I had a giant Alaskan Malamute. She was prone to hot spots. They look exactly like this. Minus the maggots ofc. Always a paint to deal with. I had it down to a science though.
Cool, I think we who eat meat and use animal products should be aware of the process of farming and try to understand rather than taking it for granted. I think city folk's love of having pets and gardening is rooted in some dim memory from when most humans had to produce their own food by keeping animals and working the soil.
No. City folk like green things because they are natural - it's literally what we evolved around in the forest and out of it. Concrete, steel and glass not so much. Living in cities with mostly brutalist architecture and little greenery is incredibly depressing for this reason.
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1:45 im holding my breath....... so relief to see it's gone.....
Большое спасибо за Вашу замечательную работу! Однознвчно лайк! 🌹🐳💎♥️
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Fly strike creeps me the heck out! 😵💫 This is some I would expect to find mentioned in some tiny detail of Dante’s Inferno- 😣!
That's interesting, hoW did you catch that?
God bless your great job 👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much
I thought maggots had to have an open wound or sore? Or that flies only laid eggs on that? TY for helping these sheep !
I’m no expert but I believe the difference is in the type or breed of fly. Regular house fly maggots will only eat rotting or dead flesh. Blow fly maggots will eat a healthy animal alive, killing it. While bot fly larva (maggots) will live just under the skin of an animal and drink their blood until they’re big / healthy enough to crawl out and progress in their development and become flies. The house fly maggots have been used clinically to help wounds heal as they only eat the dead flesh. Not the case with the other two breeds
That poor sheep!! Do the maggots mean she had a wound? I bet that was miserable!
Sometimes just dirty wool, maybe from poop or pee, will get it started. The flies lay eggs there, and the maggots just keep eating.
Schön zu sehen, dass es dem Schaf wieder gut geht. ❤
Satisfying.
こんにちは。以前の家はとてもユニークな家だったのに燃やしてしまうのは残念ですね。これからは新しい家で🐈ワンちゃんと一緒の活動を期待しております。頑張って下さい。🙂
Newbi here. Hows does that happen and can it be prevented.
Flies lay eggs in wool soiled by urine, feces, or other contaminants. When the maggots hatch out, they start chewing into the sheep's flesh. (Note that this is not a sign of neglect; fly eggs can hatch within 12 hours of being laid, so it can happen quite literally overnight, even with the most vigilant of shepherds.) There are some measures that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of flystrike, such as treating with insect repellents, but nothing is 100% effective.
So what causes this? Are the flies laying eggs in the poopy area of the fleece?
The Australian green blowfly lays live maggots on the sheep that crawl down and start biting the sheep causing a wound which attracts even more flies.
I didn't see no spray nothing but a shear or was there more .
Is this what a sheep dip is used for? To get rid of the maggots?
It's to deter the flies, sometimes it doesn't work well enough though
Did you put anything on her to help her heal faster before you let her go back to the fields
The damage is not very deep, and exposure to the air and sun helps kill any remaining pests. We do use a fly deterrent spray to help prevent her from being attacked again.
There should be something they could take to prevent this, or maybe something to spray on them?
There sure is, check out the channel to see prevention being applied.
look at the sky
Does the dry fecal material attract the flies?
Yeah, it doesn't help things.
@@FarmWithMeNZ I've noticed that current breeds of animals tend to become less and less practical in day to day living for the sake of improved profits. Chickens have been getting larger and larger, to the point of not being able to walk, as have cows. Did sheep breeds from the past have wool that thick? They tend to become crippled without regular maintenance from people.
How'd you know since there wasn't discoloration?
их стрегут регулярно , так что нет нечего удивительного у овец , барашков есть под шерстью паразиты . Мой деда когда их стриг то всегда овечька или баран привыкали и сами ложились , а деда их стриг и только начнет работу сразу прибегали домашние птицы , куры и клевали этих паразитов , а животное видно что балдело им нравилось когда их стригли .
Usually you can tell because the sheep keeps twitching its tail. That was always the major clue for me.
The things animals go thru…
Poor girl!
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Ok quick question why not just shave the whole body instead of just the one area
It's cold.
So when they are shorn they still have some fleece. If they happen to be shorn out of sequence thier wool is a different length than the rest of the flock.
It hasn't grown to its full potential, & I believe it's sold by weight...
Yeah but now they are going to laugh at her because she looks funny
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How often does this happen
During fly season it can affect anywhere between 1-5% of the flock
Is it humidity that causes it?
No, it's the Australian green blowfly lays live maggots on the sheep
@@FarmWithMeNZ oh sheesh, that’s very rude of them.
Is it like a mosquito bite?
Unfortunately no, they eat the skin and flesh away.
Poor girl it must have been driving her mad ,!
Ma usate la lana o sono da latte?
Where is this place! Looks like a wallpaper bruh.
Taranaki, New Zealand 😃
U should install a scratcher for them
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What caused it
The Australian green blowfly lays live maggots on the sheep that crawl down and start biting the sheep causing a wound
Czemu tak dlugo Pan czekał . Prz3ciez to jest w bardzo zlym stanie ,musialo trwac miesiacami ... ? 😢😮
A few days.
ひぇっ… 😰💦💦 うじだ…
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These Animals are so gentle and beautiful thar humans will NOT EAT THEM BECER ❤❤
2:47 is that windows XP wallpaper? looks like it 🤣
Haha it does. Now you say it, I definitely see it. I live in the desktop 😅
@@FarmWithMeNZ 🤣
A pair of gloves 🧤 would have been beautiful
Бедная овечка, как они её раздражали
Их надо стрыч на лето у меня дед в деревне срыг их в конце мая
The background music sounded like porn lol... Fly stryk porn LOL... That's got to feel so wonderful for them sheep to have that sheered off like that. They probably itch so bad. Wonderful job. Does this only happen to sheep? Or do other animals get it too and if only sheep why is it that only sheep get it? Thank you. Educational video.
Why don't you shear the whole sheep? She doesn't need to carry all that wool around in the summer...
I thought that too.
Open area on skin maggots will appear
Se gli animali sono tenuti puliti, in stalla pulita questo non succede