hi Janice - i'm curious about the constant reference to the "Mexican guy" - do Mexican people know more about roosters than than other cultures? Just wondering ......
As to dogs and skin conditions - i had a dog who couldn't tolerate heat and developed all kinds of nasty conditions - even though she was short haired, i shaved her every spring, and no more skin problems - I also fed my dogs powdered brewers yeast in their food all year round and insects wouldn't even land on them, never mind bite them. This works for humans too.
My old girl, who just passed on at almost 15, had some allergies crop up in the last year of her life and i gave her benedryl - it didn't make her dopey at all - she was a big heavy girl and her weight may have had something to do with it, i'm not sure about that.
i'm learning a lot about medicines from this listserve and i thank you all for that - i try to have everything i will need on hand here, and i am always interested in learning about new products, or new ways of using known products.
all the best
Wendy
DreamWeaver Alpacas
BC
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From: houckj@aol.com
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 7:21 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Severe Eye Injury
<<He ran up to me, I was five, and spurred my left cheek right below my
eye..I
still have a faint 1 inch vertical scar where that lovely supper with
feathers tried to spur me. He almost made it..and that is why he became the
Sunday dinner that week. My grandfather saw that rooster launch himself at
my face.and it was grandfather's hat that ruined the rooster's aim.
>>
OK, Allison, that does it, the rooster is either going to be despurred
(if I can find out how it is done - anyone here know?) or moved on. I
have a 2yo (tomorrow!) that often is in the pasture with all the
animals, I would die if he did anything to hurt her.....or my 10yo, or
me, or another alpaca.
So they can fly up and somehow twist themselves around to get that spur
to land where they are aiming? Pretty amazing feat. He is still young,
maybe 8 mos, and quite large. Even with 12 hens and only the one
rooster he has caused most of them to lose all their neck and back
feathers.
Heather, his spur is about an inch long, and rounded at the end, not
*exactly* pointed and sharp, and the Mexican guy working for me was
positive it couldn't cause this damage. He is blaming the cats. We
have a couple of very docile barn cats.....no way they would ever swat
at an alpaca.
We are enjoying a few days of cloudy weather thanks to Faye. A real
break for Allie, not having to stay cooped up in the tiny barn.....which
is rarely used for animals at all except in emergencies - we call it the
hospital. Her eye opened a bit better on Sunday and I was able to get
the drops in and see that the eye is blue and cloudy. I can see the
puncture/slash very clearly. It's still mushy.....I am holding onto to
what Heather said about the vitreous fluid being able to replenish
itself. The vet did say that being "mushy" was normal. By evening it
was clamped shut again. Either she is holding it closed to keep me out;
or a day outside has caused her pain and she is keeping it shut. The
vet said the bright light would be painful due to the Atropine drops.
This morning it was more open again, so the closure does seem to be
related to being out in the bright, if cloudy, light all day. She is
just so antsy and bored in the barn by herself all day. I don't want
her to get depressed and feel she needs to out on the ground, walking
about, eating, being with her friends, etc. I am keeping Snowball, her
son (who btw officially shed his diaper/bandages this morning) in the
small pen attached to the tiny barn for company, but he doesn't tend to
stay close to where the barn door is, but at least she can see him and
know she is not alone.
Thank goodness yesterday marked the end of the 7 day ordeal of getting
oral anitbiotics in her; the drops are easy compared to that, so things
should get a bit easier from here on out.
Janice, hoping for a miracle
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