[AlpacaTalk] Re: 6.8 lb cria 4 days past due Help!
Thanks for all the info. The friend that gave me the colostrum told
me to put the container in water on med-low and warm it slowly. This
is what I have been doing. He has taken 4 ozs. of cow colostrum in
the last 3 hrs. The vet did give the mom oxytozin and I am trying
milk her every couple of hours.
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>
> You will get lots of advice on this issue. At 6.8 pounds, I think
you have
> an uphill battle and I sincerely hope that you and the cria win.
>
> I don't see how such a small cria can possibly nurse from its
mother. So,
> you are doing the right thing just keeping it warm. Your vet might
suggest
> that you give the female some oxytocin so she will "drop" her
milk. I would
> keep trying to milk her. But, the priority (in my view) would be
to keep
> the cria warm and your heating pad is an excellent way. We kept a
cria in
> our bed with the electric blanket on for two days.
>
> If you have a shearing table, you might try something. We secured
the
> female to the shearing table and set the cria down where it could
suckle.
> We did this six times a day for about five days. In the mean time,
we gave
> the cria thawed cow's colostrum.
>
> Forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know, but DO
NOT thaw
> the colostrum in the microwave. We put frozen cubes of colostrum
in a small
> steel bowl and place that bowl in boiling water. If you thaw it in
the
> microwave, you will kill all of the antibodies.
>
> I would keep the cria on the same colostrum for at least a week and
then
> start phasing in normal, off the shelf, homogenised milk. I can
give you
> Steve Hull's milk substitute recipe, if you don't have one.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Chuck Rademacher
> Kaipara Pines Alpaca Stud
> 2247 South Head Road, RD 1
> Helensville, New Zealand 0874
> Phone: 09-420-2133 Mobile: 027-204-9406
>
> www.alpacafarm.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
[mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Behalf Of wnunezcruz
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2008 8:22 a.m.
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] 6.8 lb cria 4 days past due Help!
>
>
> Hi, everyone. I have a 6.8 lb. beautiful fawn boy that was born
this
> morning. Mom has very, very little milk. I milked her and fed it
to the
> cria but it was only 6/10ths of an ounce. A friend gave me frozen
cow
> colostrum. He took about 1 oz. of that only. I have him on a
heating
> pad on my bed. can anyone give me anymore help, info?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Wendy Cruz
> Humming B alpacas
> Lebanon, TN
>
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