Megan's 2008-2009 School Year

Sheep

         We  have Katahdin hair sheep, and for about the last week we have been noticing something wierd about their eyes. When you would look at their eyes you would see that they are kind of red and watery. So we were thinking that maybe the hay that they were eating was poking them in the eyes so they were watering. But a few days ago, Dad went out to check on the sheep and one was walking really slow. She walked right up to him but did not see him, So he tapped her on the nose and it startled her. When he looked at her eyes he saw that they were kinda blueish colored and foggy, therefore he knew that she was blind. Dad came inside and called the vet and asked him what he should do. Then he came back into the kichen and was like, "Ready to go to work girls???" 

 We were like, "What do we have to do???"

" And Dad said," We have to go cut out all the sheep's eyes or else they are going to die.

"We just looked at him, (With a disgusted faces) and were like, "are you serious???"

and he was like, "no, but we do have to go and give them all shots."

 So we got on our barn cloths on, and went outside and got all the sheep into the barn and gave them shots. But then we ran out of L.A. 200, so Dad had to go to town and get some more. When he got back, we went back outside and finished the job. We think that they might have pink eye, but we are not sure.

 I will see if I can get get some pictures up in a couple of days.

Meggie