[AlpacaTalk] RE: Severe Eye Injury
<<You might have solved your mystery! I think the rooster may very well
be the culprit. Their spurs are extremely sharp and can do a lot of
damage. You may need to find a new home for the rooster or get some
help de-spurring him and clip his wings so he cant get into the alpaca
pastures. We had a rooster once who attacked a worker and in the
process broke off one his spurs. There was a lot of blood, or at lest
it looked that way, but after that he was much nicer.
Best of luck with your girl's eye. If the puncture can close up, the
vitreous humor can replenish, and it can indeed be saved.
Keep us posted!
Heather>>
I thought I was grasping at straws when I first suspected that rooster
of my Snowball's injuries; but now I am thinking more and more that was
it. With the eye, I just don't see it being the intact male, nor do I
see it being an outside job (but that duck's disappearance is still a
mystery). I cannot imagine that she would have run into a fence wire or
a tree limb and done that much damage. She has lived in this pasture
her whole life and has never injured herself before on fences or trees.
I was going to try and find him a new home; didn't think about
de-spurring him. I wonder how hard that would be to do.....do you know
how it's done? I have a Mexican fellow cutting out my cherry
trees.....I wonder if he might know; he and his brother kill a bull
every week to sell to restaurants.
rooster! I'd like to keep him just because I love his crowing :-). But
he is getting more and more aggressive. He is not very old, maybe 8
mos or so.
Hearing the vitreous humor can replenish is the best news I've heard all
week. The vet didn't say anything about that. She has been quick to
say we have a very poor prognosis and only about a 50/50 chance of
saving the eyeball at all (meaning surgery to remove); and next to zero
chance of any sight returning. It just makes me shiver when I see her
injury (even in my own mind's eye). I thought the slashes on Snowball
were horrible, this is truly awful to see. The poor thing is barely
opening her eye at all since yesterday. It has gone mushy and like I
said earlier, there is red membrane starting to cover her eyeball; I
have no idea what that is. Or what to think about the vet's passing
mention of the Atropine being to prevent adhesion, but telling me no
more about anything I could do to help.
Thanks for the words of encouragement and optimism.
What happened with the kitty?
Warmly, Janice in GA, enjoying a cloudy day today thanks to Hurricane
Faye and my Allie girl doesn't have to stay locked up in the barn out of
the sun. Yippee! I think 6 wks in the tiny barn will drive her out of
mind and put her in deep depression.
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posted by Chaddo at 8:41 AM
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