2nd alpaca down. 100% fine all day NO symptoms at ALL, and I was out there with them for two solid hours cleaning and raking and nothing, he even came running up the hill with the others at 3pm begging for dinner. I told them I had a meeting and would be back out at 4. At 402 I found him down...
He's still with us. DH and I rolled him 20 feet uphill to get him on the outdoor rug under the barn wings. Rain and sleet coming tomorrow. I let him rest the remainder of the night. This morning I gave him all his meds and let him rest until lunch.
At lunch, I put him in his sitting position...
Good grief.
Well goodish news. I remember I had the name of a vet deep in a binder for when I first got out here and had the dog. I never went to him as he is down 35 miles of hard dirt deep country roads and in the wrong direction.
But by chance I called him. He said 'that all you need?' can...
We're doing that already plus Vit B. The anti-inflammatory is script only and vets here either aren't large animal vets, so they won't write it. OR they are large animal vets, but won't write it as they don't do alpacas OR they are large animal vets, but won't write it as they have never seen...
I'm just shocked at the behavior. It's become on par with the follow the money people doctors. Screw the suffering - get on a list.
Big guy is still up there, tiny bit perkier than yesterday. In there enough for me NOT to want to shove worming paste in his mouth and grumbled at his shot. We...
It's all good, until it isn't.
UGH What a morning.
I've got an alpaca, my favorite one - OC, down with what is probably meningeal deer worm. OMG no warning, no notice, nothing weird until yesterday. And OC there are no large animal vets here.
Guy couple miles down the road has a massive herd...
Our dear sweet, gentle, blind in one eye since hatching, goofball Beta rooster Odie passed away in his sleep last night at the ripe old age of 5 (This flock of hens tends to be a handful). I'm so glad the afternoon yesterday turned out to be sunny and he got to wander the yard and eat a broken...