Re: [AlpacaTalk] New cria not quite right
You could use 24 oz of goat milk, 4 oz whipping
cream and 4 oz organic vanilla yogurt. They like
this mix and it helps them gain weight. We nursed
a cria for 5 mo on this mix. Use a Pritchard
nipple and nursing should be a breeze.
Sheri Hewitt
Experience Alpacas!
Woodland Meadows, llc
31542 Camas Swale Rd.
Creswell, OR 97426
www.woodlandmeadows
541-895-0964 or cell 541-912-0081
At 08:32 AM 11/19/2007, you wrote:
>Thank you for all of your advice. She has
>greatly improved today and I do not think she
>will have any further complications. We brought
>the dam over this morning and she still showed
>no interest in her. This is the second cria she
>has orphaned with the last delivery being
>without complications. Do you know of a bottle
>feeding schedule for crias using fresh goats milk?
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Heather Zeleny
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>Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:55:28 PM
>Subject: [AlpacaTalk] New cria not quite right
>
>Hi Kristen,
>I'm sorry your new cria doesn't seem right. Can you tell me what she's
>doing, how she's behaving? Often deliveries at night are dystocias, and
>also the crias can be compromised. You have 24 hours to make sure she
>gets as much colostrum as possible, so try to make sure she's nursing
>frequently. And, I don't know what your weather is like right now, but
>it is imperative to make sure the cria is warm. We had a cria born a
>month or two ago early in the morning. We were having some very cold
>winds at the time, and it took all day to get her temp up after we
>finally got her dry. After she warmed up, she appeared to be pretty
>normal the next day. We kept a cria coat on her for a week at night,
>because she was a bit compromised after her birth... She wasn't
>discovered until around 10am when I was getting home from work as a
>baker. Cria's temps should be between 100-102º.
>
>So that's my advice for the short term, keep her warm and make sure she
>nurses a lot! Definitely call your vet to come out as early as possible
>tomorrow morning. Also, if necessary, bottle feed her some whole milk
>or even milk plus whipping cream. She needs the fat to keep her warm. A
>bit of Karo syrup on the tongue can give her some emergency energy if
>she's hypoglycemic. ValleyVet.com and many local feed stores will carry
>products made specifically for giving extra energy after birth and
>delivery (for dam and baby). They're made for sheep and goats, one is
>called "Nutri-Drench" or something like that. Very good products if you
>need them! Also Nursemate for kids or lambs are very good for newborn
>crias.
>
>Best of luck and keep me/us posted!
>Heather
>
>Heather Zeleny
>West Wind Alpacas
>Eugene, OR
>
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> > We are new to alpacas with a newborn from last night. It was a rough
> > delivery and I do not think she is right. Kristen Lowrimore,Perry Farm,
> > Greer,SC
> >
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