[AlpacaTalk] Re: pneumonia in alpaca
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the advice. I want to find someone who will do the
blood tests, listen to the lungs and everything that is needed, I am
glad to say that both animals are doing better today. They are both
eating and breathing better. But I am so frustrated with the vets
around my area. This is an area with alot of alpacas and llamas and
nobody cares about learning about them. I am even trying to get my
16 year old daughter (who loves animals and the alpacas) to go to
college to be an alpaca vet. My vet came out the other day, asked me
what was going on and diagnosed without even seeing the animal and
medicated. I asked about checking the other animals and he said wait
to see if they go off of their feed. Please send HELP for all of us
without a good alpaca vet. Very frustrated here.
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
wrote:
>
> I don't think anyone said she ought to start the entire herd on
> antibiotics immediately. I only said that they ought to all be
checked.
> As someone else said, how did her vet diagnose the pneumonia in
the
> first place? I suggested having bloods pulled. Since these animals
are
> living in similar conditions, it is not unlikely that they all
have the
> same disease. They all have runny noses, two went down... Why wait
> until they ALL go down to see what they've got? Off feed, laying
down,
> breathing hard, runny eyes and nose are not symptoms I'd just be
> waiting to see whether the rest will develop. All the vets I've
spoken
> with say an alpaca off feed and down is very serious, if not an
> emergency.
>
> Heather
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2007, at 6:23 AM, Shouvlins wrote:
>
> > Remember that your mom didn't take you to the doctor for each
and
> > every runny nose! Take it easy on the vet guys. As I said, we
have had
> > the snots here and everyone is getting over it. Could have
started
> > everyone of them on antibiotics unnecessarily and thrown off
their gut
> > etc.
> >
> > First do no harm! Same thing with diarrhea! I let it run its
course.
> > In a day or two they are quite normal again with me doing
nothing.
> > Again, my mom didn't take me to the doctor every time I had the
runs.
> >
> > Frankly, so far, I think her vet is doing great!
> >
> > Laurel
> >
> > Tim & Laurel Shouvlin
> > Bluebird Hills Farm
> > 3617 Derr Rd.
> > Springfield, Ohio 45503
> > bluebirdhills@
> > www.bluebirdhills.
> > 937-206-3936
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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