[AlpacaTalk] Re: Wild Cherry
<<Hi Janice,
PLEASE don't just treat willy-nilly for parasites. There are so many
differnet kinds and they all need different treatment. Using too
little of a drug will only create drug-resistant parasites and then
you'll be up a creek. I know things in life can often interfere, but
I STRONGLY recommend doing everything in your power to get fecal
samples to OSU ASAP. Ideally a seperate sample for each, but at the
worst a collective sample. Once you know what you have, you will be
able to treat it quickly and succesfully.
Best of luck,
Morgen Bowers
Dreamwood Farm
CLaverack, NY>>
Thanks Morgen for the advice. I am on day 5 of their Safeguard
treatment. I plan to contact OSU now to send in a sample to see what
might be left. I didn't want to wait that long to begin treating. It
has been a while since they were wormed, this should have been their
spring treatment and they looked so terribly skinny that I felt it
important to start treatment immediately. If they are carrying a heavy
parasite load, which they appear to be, I didn't want to treat with
anything stronger at the outset. I am aware of the dangers of using too
little wormer, and treat at the level recommended by Dr Evans, actually
a bit more just because I round his numbers up to figure out the dosage,
iow, he says 9.1mg per # and I round that up to 10mg per pound, so
shouldn't be in danger of overdosing.
I had another tree guy out yesterday. He used to clear lines/right of
ways for GA Power and told me that anytime they cut a cherry they were
instructed to make sure to pull all limbs and any leaves out of the
pastures and away from the fence lines so that livestock could not get
to any wilted leaves. It is his belief that the dead leaves are not a
problem, just the wilted green ones, just as the link Carolyn posted
says. His suggestion was to leave the trees and just walk the woods
after any storms/winds to check for fallen limbs.
I am feeling much more relieved as I get more info. Now I just have to
figure out what the problem is if it is not the cherry trees.
Thank you to everyone for your input; it is greatly appreciated!
Warmly, Janice
PS, with all the shearing and worming I have spent more time and have
been able to observe my guys much more than I have in a long time. My
first girl, I've had her since she was an orphaned baby 8 yrs ago - mom
died in child birth, looks like her rear ankle joints have dropped, she
is not walking "up" like the others, but more of her foot is flat on the
ground. What is this and is there anything I can do about it?
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