Prolapse Harness and Retainer Kit
Product Details
Be prepared for lambing season emergencies with the most effective and gentle "antidote" for a prolapsed ewe. If prolapses are treated when small, the success rate is very high.
This kit combines a Prolapse Harness and Prolapse Retainer to provide a professional, cost-effective solution that ensures maximum security and animal comfort while holding a prolapse in place until the lambing date.
An essential for every lambing kit, these tools allow for immediate action on fresh prolapses to ensure the best outcome for your livestock.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Prolapse Harness Fitting Instructions 
Benefits
- Allows you to help the ewe carry her lambs to full term.
- A ewe can still urinate and even lamb past the retainer, if necessary.
- The strapping of the harness, crafted from soft red nylon, is fully adjustable to ensure a secure, comfortable fit for ewes of any size. It's also engineered to prevent the udder and vulva tissue damage often caused by homemade twine.
Specs
- Prolapse Harness
- Straps: 1" and 2" soft red nylon
- Snap buckles enable easy attachment, removal and adjustment
- Approximate adjustment sizes:
- Neck, 36"
- Neck to hips, 26"
- Hip around leg, 45"
- Prolapse Retainer
- Dimensions: 9-3/4" x 6"
- Spoon: 1-11/16" wide
- String ties: 17-1/2" long
- Heavy-duty yellow plastic, does not break in use
- Fits any breed of sheep
Common Questions
- What is a prolapse?
- A vaginal prolapse is a protrusion of the animal's vagina through it's 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:
- Over-conditioned (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.
- 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 24 hours), we remove the retainer and loosen the 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 into the ewe. Most ewes soon cease to strain. Although ewes can lamb past a harness, we remove it when lambing starts.
How to Use
Wash in a bucket of disinfectant between ewes. We find that these will last for many years with moderate care.
Tips
Precautions
Do not grab onto the harness as a way to catch a ewe. The buckles are designed for harness adjustment only.
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Lambing and Kidding Aids
SuperLube™, 8 oz
Item #550800 -An all-purpose antiseptic OB lubricant for lambing and kidding. Very useful if a lamb (or kid) goes dry during birth.
$6.00 -
Prolapse Harness and Retainer
Prolapse Retainer
Item #559000 -Best used in conjunction with a prolapse harness for keeping sheep and goat prolapses contained.
$2.50 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids
Nettex Prolapse Ewespoons (pkg of 4)
Item #560002 -Spoon device for retaining vaginal prolapses of ewes or goat does. Attach to wool or a prolapse harness.
$15.00 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids
OB Lamb Leg Snare
Item #780046 -Use this leg snare to aid in the delivery of lambs and goat kids. Rubber loops provide grip when pulling.
$11.00 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids
Lamb/Kid Puller
Item #558100 -For assisting with difficult animal births. If the ewe/doe is small and the lamb or goat kid and your hand is too big, this tool can be vital.
$18.00 -
Breeding Supplies
OB Gloves, clear, pkg of 10
Item #550900 -Keep arms and hands covered while assisting the births of sheep, goats, cattle and other livestock. Glove covers most arms up to the shoulder.
$2.75
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Carolyn B from Kentucky
Had to borrow one from a fellow shepherd. This is an awesome product. It works great!
South B from Oregon
It would work fine on small sheep, but I have Suffolk and it was to small for the tail and vulva, had to split the upper part with my knife so that the tail would fit in the hole and then the cross member blocked off her ass and she could poop, had to cut out the cross member section and leave a spoon at the same time. Vulva still swole up. Was very disappointed in the product.
Richard & Dee H from Virginia
We have few prolapses in our flock, but when they occur, this is one of the tools we use to get through the remainder of gestation. If we catch the prolapse early while it is still very small or what we call a "peekaboo" prolapse, we use this harness alone. When fitted correctly, it is comfortable for the ewe to wear but prevents the prolapse from popping out. If we don't find the prolapse before it is large (like an apple), we use a prolapse spoon in conjunction with this harness. Either way, the prolapse stays in until lambing. The one downside to using this harness is that manure can become caked between the anus and the harness. We've found that it helps to have two harnesses on-hand: one that keeps the prolapse in while the other is washed, alternating between the two. This reduces the manure issue even if the harness is only switched infrequently (like once a week). Great product!
Brittany R from Nevada
Worked great for my doe! The only complaints I have are that it doesn’t adjust small enough for any of my herd and that there are no keepers for the excess once it is adjusted all the way so I had to make a couple alterations. All in all it did what I was meant to and my doe delivered two healthy babies because of it.
Theresa K from Washington
works great! A must have for lambing season.
