Re: [AlpacaTalk] pneumonia in alpaca
Wendy,
I have to say that your vet's advice doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
I don't know why he wouldn't want to make some diagnoses to see if your
other animals are sick, take some bloods for example, rather than wait
for the rest to go downhill before starting them on treatment. I'll be
honest, I really don't know how test for pneumonia, but I'm sure that
blood tests are in order, and they will not only tell what your sick
one has, and if the rest have the same thing. And then you will know to
treat for that rather than wait till they all get really really sick.
If it's blood borne of course.
Maybe you might want to look around for a new vet?
We had a bout with liver flukes at another property once, and while
many were tested and diagnosed with them, the treatment was to just
wait. After losing our best 3, we asked what we could do... we were met
with blank stares from our vet (a leading camelid vet) and the staff at
OSU. Needless to say, we didn't just wait and see, we aggressively
treated with herbs after doing a whole lot of research and
investigation. WE didn't lose another animal.
So what I'm saying is, I'd get a second opinion. Best of luck to you!
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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On Oct 6, 2007, at 12:40 PM, wnunezcruz wrote:
> I have 8 alpacas and 8 llamas. I brought home 2 pregnant llamas about
> 10 days ago. After about 6 days my alpacas and llamas got runny noses.
> I had my vet check them (he is more of a cattle vet but does know some
> about alpacas) and he said to wait and see if they go off of their
> feed. I went out yesterday and had a girl off of her feed and laying
> down breathing hard, runny eyes and nose. I also had a male llama with
> the same symptoms. My vet came out and gave me Nufor? 3 cc/100 lbs. I
> asked him if I should dose all of my alpacas and llamas and he said to
> wait until they go off of their food. My girl alpaca is better today,
> my llama not so good. Can anyone tell me if they have had this problem
> or what you would suggest about going ahead and dosing my other
> animals?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Wendy
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