Sheep "craving green grass" disease occurs frequently in spring, sheep farmers must prevent it in advance

    After a long winter without green grass, sheep are in poor body condition and lack nutrients in their bodies. When spring arrives, they suddenly get to eat tender, juicy green grass and feel especially refreshed. But in early spring, the pasture grass has only just sprouted and turned green, and the amount of grass is very small, nowhere near enough to satisfy the sheep's appetite. Yet once sheep have tasted sweet green grass, they lose their appetite for dry grass and yellowed grass, and would rather go hungry than touch them, beginning to crave the taste of green grass. This is the sheep's "craving green grass" disease. This disease causes sheep to lose weight and become thin and weak from prolonged hunger, affecting their growth and development and their health. This disease is immune to all medicines, and only clever methods can be used to prevent the occurrence of the sheep's "craving green grass" disease.

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    1. Avoid green grass first in early spring

    When grazing, avoid the tender green grass as much as possible. Wait until the green grass has grown to about 10 cm, and it is estimated that the sheep can eat their fill in a day of grazing, then begin letting them chase the green grass. But you should still deliberately let the sheep nibble some dry grass and yellowed grass.

    2. The transition to chasing green grass must be gradual

    At first, feed more dry grass and yellowed grass, and let the sheep chase green grass for only 2~3 hours a day, then slowly and gradually increase the time spent feeding the sheep green grass. After a transition period of about 15 days, the sheep can be allowed to eat green grass all day.

    3. Graze every day on established pastures and established slopes

    These pastures and hillside slopes have abundant grass, and the dry grass, yellowed grass and green grass are all fresh. The sheep like to feed on them and eat their fill.