Re: [AlpacaTalk] Problem with Newborn Cria
Oh of course!!!! She's got to poop! That'll take em down as fast as
anything! Great point, Susan! We make our own enema of water and
mineral oil. We get the fleet enemas and replace it with our mix of
water and mineral oil, either a 10:1 or to make it easier on me, 7:1, 7
oz water, 1 oz mineral oil.
We think the saline in the fleece enema can be a bit harsh on the
newborn's rectum.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Creswell, OR
541.895.0964
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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On Sep 3, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Susan Forman wrote:
> Make sure you get a total protein if you can't get the IgG done. I
> think just about anybody can do that. Have you milked mom out and
> fed Mom's milk/colostrum to the cria? That's usually recommended
> along with bovine or goat colostrum. How much colostrum did she
> get? I had one earlier this year that had 11 ounces of bovine and I
> know 2 ounces from mom....probably a little more from Mom, but not
> much. Her total protein was 5 and camelid IgG about 650 -- she's
> been fine and is 2 months old today. Total protein should be at
> least 5, but I'm thinking Evans says better at around 5.4 (?) I'll
> have to look that up. Also, my OSU (Ohio State, Go Bucks!) uses
> naxcel on crias....seems to be their antibiotic of choice for about
> everything. Anyway, I agree with Heather -- get her seen ASAP since
> these little ones crash quite quickly if they're going to
> crash.......
> Mom milked out or she doesn't have any yet, use whole cows milk --
> easy, available. I've also put a nice dollop of vanilla yogurt in
> (if you use yogurt, don't microwave -- it'll kill the cultures) --
> and found that the organic we have here has more variety of active
> cultures -- I think it's Stoneyfield or something like that. The
> other question is, has she pooed yet? If she hasn't cleared the
> meconium, it will help to get that out of her. And believe me, they
> have a lot, so be prepared!!
>
> Keep us posted and let us know how things go.......and good luck --
> oh yeah, try to get some rest for YOU!!
> Susan
>
> Susan Forman & Eric Jenkins
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