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Prolapse Harnesses & Retainers
What is a prolapse?
A vaginal prolapse is a protrusion of the animal’s vagina through its vulva. In our experience, if a ewe is going to prolapse, she will do so in the last month or so prior to lambing.
Causes:
• Overconditioned (too fat)
• Carrying multiple lambs
• Poor quality feed—forces
the ewe to eat more to get
needed nutrition
• Limited exercise
This happens in sheep but it’s possible with goats also.
Lack of treatment can result in ewe’s inability to pass urine, which causes a host of other issues.
If your animal has a prolapse or you suspect a prolapse, consult your veterinarian immediately.
When to use a harness
and retainer...
When a ewe prolapses her vagina, we use both a prolapse retainer and a harness.
After the ewe stops straining (usually within 24 hours), we remove the retainer and loosen harness.
How do they work?
When a ewe strains, her neck drops and her back arches. This pulls the cross webbing of the harness tighter against the vulva and also pulls the retainer (if one is used) into the ewe. In a few hours the impulse to strain will stop.
Although a ewe can lamb past a harness, we remove it when lambing begins. The same goes for does.
Note: An animal’s tendency to prolapse has strong genetic links. Cull any ewe that prolapses before the next breeding season and do not retain any of her lambs.
HOW TO USE A RETAINER:
1. Clean the prolapse.
2. Apply SuperLube (p. 104) and push it gently,
but completely, back inside the ewe. Insert the
spoon part of the retainer into the vulva.
3. Tie the strings to a clump of wool. If there is
no long wool, tie it to the two side straps of a prolapse harness.
Snap buckles enable easy attachment, removal and adjustment.
TOP PICKS
Design uses the tail to keep it centered. The 2 straps from the harness pass on either side of the udder. Insert a retainer if you have one.
Prolapse Harnesses
When properly fitted, it securely (and gently!) contains vaginal prolapses of ewes or does. Our success rate is high if prolapses are treated early (when they are small).
The soft 1" and 2" nylon webbing minimizes risk of tissue damage around the udder and vulva. The neck, back and leg straps each adjust to fit ewes of all sizes. Snap buckles enable easy attachment, removal and adjustment. Wash in a bucket of disinfectant between ewes. Will last for years with reasonable care.
We recommend using the harness with a Prolapse Retainer (see below) until the animal stops straining. Then remove the spoon and slightly loosen the harness.
Neck: 36" Neck to hips: 26" Hip around leg: 45"
Prolapse Harness, red, 0.50 lb .......................#560000 Nettex Prolapse Harness, black, 0.44 lb .......#560001
Prolapse Retainers
$21.00 $32.00
Neck: 40" Neck to hips: 23" Hip around leg: 59"
Low cost and easy to use prolapse retainers (commonly known as Ewespoons) hold a vaginal prolapse in place until the ewe can give birth. Must be installed when the prolapse is small and fresh (an hour makes a difference).
A ewe can urinate or lamb past a prolapse retainer—though it’s better to remove it when lambing begins.
Yellow 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Spoon: 1-11/16"W. String ties: 15"L. Red: 10" x 6-1/8". Spoon: 1-3/4"W. String ties: 16"L. Plastic.
Prolapse Retainer, yellow (each), 0.10 lb ......#559000 $2.50 Nettex Prolapse Retainer, red (pkg of 4)
0.44 lb ..........................................................#560002 $15.00 premier1supplies.com • 1-800-282-6631
LAMBING & KIDDING AIDS
each
Every shepherd should have at least one on hand!
pkg. of 4
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