Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Odd Injury
Janice,
The fighting teeth are like razor blades and yes they could easily accomplish this. Like Heather this was my first thought. Carefully check your intact male's fighting teeth. I have cut my finger accidentally when administering a med to a young male who had obviously gotten some of his teeth a bit earlier than I expected.
It only take one fight for boys to accomplish this, and they don't necessareily need to be out for blood either.
Laurel
Tim & Laurel Shouvlin
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Rd.
Springfield, Ohio 45503
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www.bluebirdhills.
937-206-3936
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From: houckj@aol.com
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 8:06 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Odd Injury
<<My first thought is fighting teeth. They are extremely sharp and
dangerous. And, they continue to grow, so they need to be checked at
least yearly and trimmed as needed.
Heather>>
I wondered about that possibility Heather, but I have never seen these 2
come anywhere close to mixing it up that severely. Could they have had
such a terrible fight in the night and still be acting normal and
hanging around together by the next morning?
And the stud male is much smaller than the gelding, I wouldn't think
*he* would be the one to inflict the damage but vice versa.
And if the injury was inflicted by the stud male, then what happened to
the duck?
I have become obsessed with trying to figure out what happened. Can't
sleep at night picturing a bobcat coming over the fence for its next meal.
Going out to change the "diaper" and check on the wound; it rained all
day yesterday and I couldn't get it checked.
Just praying it is not infected,
Janice
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