Constipated sow

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Kaysee
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Constipated sow

Post by Kaysee » Wed May 31, 2017 8:32 pm

Hello, I have a sow that had a pretty rough labor 4 days ago and she still
Has not pooped. I have given her 3 enemas and put mineral oil in her feed and she still has not done anything yet. I am concerned about mastitis becoming an issue but as of right now she and all he babies are doing okay with normal temperature. She's drinking water and eating just fine however it is very difficult for me to get her to stand up. I try to get her to stand up at least 2 or 3 times a day to get things moving but she likes to lay down all day long. Any thoughts?

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Re: Constipated sow

Post by carpspigs » Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:00 pm

have you tried farrow pak it is a laxative it works pretty good

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Re: Constipated sow

Post by jimhilton » Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:40 pm

I would get her out of the crate for a walk. Sometimes that will do the trick.

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Re: Constipated sow

Post by Darin » Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:56 am

Epsom salts
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Re: Constipated sow

Post by Roanoke » Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:29 pm

If she goes off feed then you can use dog food it has tankage in it ie cooked by products. It will work as a laxative too. And if shes really bad you can give her some milk of magnesia and cascara sagrada pills They can all be found at Wal-mart.

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Re: Constipated sow

Post by whatwasIthinking » Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:04 pm

Epson salt works great if you can get them to eat it mixed in with their feed. I use either yams or mix their feed in prune juice. As someone already said, walking them works really well too

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