[AlpacaTalk] RE: Odd Injury
<<Hi Janice,
Often with weird injuries, the clues lie in how your pacas were acting
when it was discovered.
Were they acting frightened, spooked, or jumpy? Or were they acting normal?
If it was a predator they would have been acting very differently,
perhaps long after the attack.
Personally I don't see a big cat, or any other type of predator that
would mark like that leaving the animal alive. Probably it was your big
male; time to trim the fighting teeth! :))
I remember getting this male, he was three years old and had never had
his teeth trimmed (and boy howdy did he need it!!) I have NEVER seen
fighting teeth like that!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your boy.
Slainte~
Rachelle>>
Thanks Rachelle, I am headed out right now to change his dressings
again; the wounds seem to be healing up ok. Goldenseal is amazing. The
deepest wound is still a long way from healing, but is coming along. I
am still worried about infection and flies.
That was the thing, they were acting perfectly normal; but then I've
never seen them act any other way LOL.
The bobcats around here are not large; that is why my friend said they
don't normally go after such a relatively large animal and it had to be
a defensive action.
My intact male is app 3/4 yo. I have never examined his teeth. He is
SO shy and skittish I don't mess with him unless absolutely necessary.
I wish we had checked those teeth out during shearing.
I wish I could stop obsessing about the whole incident. If the duck had
not disappeared at the same time, I would not give it thought and assume
it was the male (and he did have some faint blood on the underside of
his neck that morning, like from rubbing up against SnowBall). And tho
the alpacas have been acting normal, the ducks were VERY skittish the
following few nights, and I could tell very grateful to go into the
chicken pen at nightfall.
I guess I'll never really know. But what I do know is I am going to
have to get some pasture dogs; have not wanted to add to my animal load,
but I can think of no other way to protect my guys (not to mention my
property from human no gooders). I have a german shepard, but he stays
in the house at night and while I am not at home; plus he would be as
likely to harm my animals as any predator - I would never put him in the
pasture with them.
Any suggestions out there on good livestock protection dogs?
Warmly, Janice
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