What? Can a sheep be "popped"? Really? Please explain this to me.

[Radio_Lady]

(This quote is from one of the actresses in the new movie "Running Scared" which opens this Friday 02/24/06. She was interviewed by author Staci Layne Wilson.)

Would someone with a farming background please let me know if this is even possible?

Here's the quote, along with the full article URL, below.

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Vera Farmiga: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SMALL ANIMALS.) They can wreak havoc. They can also be docile. It's personality, like us. I have a couple of sweeties.

You know where my obsession comes from? It's this thing where I had this pet as a child, a pet sheep. We overfed it and it popped. Oh, God, it was tragic. Tragic day! I have this thing where my last memory of it was my Mom trying to salvage something of it. She was just pulling out this wool. It's still sitting, to this day, in my mom's basement in New Jersey. A big satchel of it.

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More at:

http://www.stipkocontent.com/contentengine/publish/buzzine/interviews/article_1270.shtml

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I've raised dogs, cats and helped with horses. I've never known an animal that would eat so much it would "pop" -- get sleepy, sick, or even vomit, sure -- but "POPPED SHEEP"?
I'm very suspicious about this.

Your opinion, please?

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[benburch]

1. Livestock Bloat.

A buildup of gas in the gut that can force its way out into the body cavity and cause gangrene. Usually treated by piercing the animal with a cannula and allowing the gas to escape.

[StopTheMorans]

2. isn't "cannula" scottish for "fist"?

:shrug:

[benburch]

3. ROFL!

:rofl:

[benburch]

6. JUST for you!

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org.nyud.net:8090/news/2004oct/blink_150.gif

[asthmaticeog]

4. Ask a Scotsman about popping sheep.

I'm told they're experts.

[Deja Q]

5. Typically by stuffing too much sausage into the sheep's entrails...

and I mean the genuine article; while we all know Scotsmen don't wear anything under their kilts, that doesn't mean they stick their euphemisms up the sheep...

[asthmaticeog]

7. Oh, you're no fun anymore. :/

[Deja Q]

8. I'm so sorry! What can I do to make it up to you?

:cry:

I prefer being fun!

[asthmaticeog]

9. Make a joke about highland sheeplovers! NOW!

[Deja Q]

10. Okey doke

Real Scots doth not wear kilts because it's easier to look innocent if somebody walks by his favored sheep!

:D

[asthmaticeog]

11. Thank you.

I feel much better now.

[Radio_Lady]

12. ***THREAD HIJACKING IN PROGRESS***

See Original Post.

Thanks a lot.

(Start your own thread...if you wish!)

[Suich]

13. I saw a movie a long time ago where the guy's herd of sheep

all had bloat. He went around stabbing them all to let the gas out, otherwise they would have died. I can't remember if they bloated because they ate the wrong thing or ate too much of something else. The farmer knew what was wrong right away so I got the impression it was pretty common.

[SoCalDem]

14. green alfalfa can do this to farm animals

I think it's alfalfa (I lived in Kansas a LONG time ago).. I remember hearing how important it was to farmers that they keep their livestock out of the alfalfa until it was harvested.. they were allowed to eat the dried stubble..

Apparently it tastes REALLY good, and they just eat it until they get bloat..and then die :cry:

[Kali]

20. they can eat it after they get aclimated

the usual way is to turn them out for a very short time the first day, a bit longer the next, and so forth.

Basically really bad gas - and yeah they can rupture (pop) and die if the gas isn't released or reduced chemically.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. I love the sound of popping sheep

Baaaa-BLAM!

[Radio_Lady]

18. Probably doesn't smell as good as popping corn!

In peace,

Radio_Lady from Urban and Suburban Locations

Over and out...

[asthmaticeog]

15. We were actually finished.

But thanks for your contribution nonetheless.

[Radio_Lady]

19. No problem. Re: Scotsman's kilts and what they wear beneath?

I've had varying answers from Scotsmen when we visited Edinburgh and subsequently.

You might check out (It's a cute site; hope it's not X rated):

http://www.up-kilt.com/

[benburch]

16. I think I answered you. Livestock Bloat.

They can indeed pop.

[Radio_Lady]

21. Thanks, BenBurch. Here is a rather formal article on SHEEP BLOAT.

Gawd, it sounds awful!

http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/articles/pasbloat.html

I'll never look at a lambchop again without thinking about this....

Good night and good luck!

Radio_Lady

[Canuckistanian]

25. Scotsman's comments after a bagpipe endurance contest

"Thank God there's nae smell"

[Canuckistanian]

24. What's a Scottish recreation area?

A sheep tied to a fence.

[Ptah]

22. It took me a while to remember the word used on my parents

farm/ranch.


foun·der
Pronunciation: 'faun-d&r
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): foun·dered; foun·der·ing /-d(&-)ri/
Etymology: Middle English foundren to send to the bottom, collapse,
from Middle French fondrer, ultimately from Latin fundus
intransitive senses
1 : to become disabled; especially : to go lame
2 : to give way : COLLAPSE
3 : to become submerged : SINK
4 : to come to grief : FAIL
transitive senses : to disable (an animal) especially by excessive feeding


I was instructed in the knife technique, but never had to do it.

[Kali]

23. Founder is different than bloat

although both related to serious digestive upset - founder is usually associated with horses and rapid ingestion of carbs - also overheated horses consuming too much cold water too fast. It affects the circulation in the hooves in complex ways and causes shock.

Bloat is a massive amount of gas in the cow's rumen - there are other problems like colic and impactions as well.

[Ptah]

26. Of course you are correct, Kali.

I got the two conditions confused.

It's been thirty years since I worked livestock.

I've lost track, will you be compensated for the
open range loss you suffered?

:hi:

Spelling do-over edit.

[Kali]

27. don't blame you - and the terms are so old -

foundered - such an antique word.


On the cow hit by BP - I imagine it will take some time - I want to at least talk with somebody local and "legal" who can hopefull confirm (or instruct otherwise) the advice given to me here, then contact Kolbe et al and see what they say. Having vehicle issues at the moment that will take immediate attention! :mad: :silly:

Thanks for asking, and I will post when I know anything.