[AlpacaTalk] RE: Teeth
<<Our llama has a "perpetual smile" - her teeth could stand trimming but its
not really necessary yet.
SUSAN OLSON>>
When does it become necessary? A couple of mine have protruding/long
teeth, one girl especially is "long in the tooth".
Since I now have a (horse) vet dealing with the alpaca eye injury and we
have an older horse who probably needs her teeth floated, I thought I
would ask this vet if she can trim the alpaca's teeth. But don't know
how necessary it is, except for cosmetic reasons? And is there anything
in particular I or the vet should know if we have never done this before?
Thanks!
Janice in GA
PS It is has been 2 wks since the eye injury and my Allie's eye is
healing up nicely. I am using the very diluted goldenseal along with
the antibiotic eyedrops presc by vet every 3-4 hrs, but am dropping that
down to every 4-5 hrs. I have been using the atropine she presc 2x day
but am going to drop that down to once in the evening after reading the
possible side effects in the insert and because her eye is healing up so
nicely I'd just like to start weaning her off some of this eyedrop
visits. She really hates it.
I was told 6-8 wks of treatment and only a 50% chance of avoiding
surgery. I don't know if it is the goldenseal, but like I said after
only 2 wks her eye has cleared up; the front half of it is blue and I
can see the dark slash which has shrunk dramatically. The back half of
her eye is her normal color but I cannot tell if she has any sight of
not, it doesn't appear that she does, but then sometimes I think she
does somewhat.
I am just SO relieved to see the eye looking better. I was really
freaked out and the vet had me scared to death.
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