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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Emergency - Is anyone on?

It's late and stores are closed. It sounds like an allergic reaction.
How about epinephrine? She might have been bitten by something.
Without knowing more information it's hard to give any kind of
credible advice that definitely won't hurt the alpaca.

Call another vet!

Sheri Hewitt
Woodland Meadows, LLC

At 09:19 PM 9/2/2008, you wrote:

>I just went out to give my Allie girl her midnight eyedrops - the
>antibiotic. Gave her the Aropine about 3 hrs ago.
>
>Her lower lip and jaw are totally swollen; the halter was so tight I
>almost couldn't get it off. The lower lip/jaw is rigid. It looks
>almost like some African tribesman with the plate inserted to stretch
>out the lip.
>
>What???
>
>The vet is not answering her phone.
>
>Janice in GA
>

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posted by Chaddo at 9:28 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] PS - Emergency

I am on digest and will not replies to the list until in the morning.
If you have any idea what is the problem please write me privately so I
can get it tonight.
Thanks! Janice

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posted by Chaddo at 9:20 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Emergency - Is anyone on?

I just went out to give my Allie girl her midnight eyedrops - the
antibiotic. Gave her the Aropine about 3 hrs ago.

Her lower lip and jaw are totally swollen; the halter was so tight I
almost couldn't get it off. The lower lip/jaw is rigid. It looks
almost like some African tribesman with the plate inserted to stretch
out the lip.

What???

The vet is not answering her phone.

Janice in GA

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posted by Chaddo at 9:19 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Teeth

Janice:

Once an alpaca's teeth get overgrown, they are not as efficient in
grazing. I presume this is also true of other grass eating
animals. That's why "bite" is so important for these animals. I
guess, in thinking about it, even dogs and cats require good 'bites'
since in their natural state of being wild, they'd be required to
have a good set in order to kill and then eat. If you can get your
hands on a 'tooth-a-matic', I'd use that to trim. It's quite a
little tool! Fits into the alpaca's mouth and 'saws' off just about
1/4" (I think). The sawed off tooth then falls into a little built
in holder. As I understand it, DO NOT use toenail trimmers since you
then risk breaking the tooth and causing more problems. If you can't
get a tooth-a-matic, use a dremel tool and 'sand' them down, but know
you will need to restrain them. Not real quick with a dremel, but fairly safe.

Glad to hear that your girl's eye is getting better!! that certainly
is good news! Even if she is blind in it, she'll have her other
eye. And besides, even a blind captive animal will probably do
better than it's wild counterpart. Like humans, I'm sure all animals
adapt and their other senses go on much higher alert. So, it's
really good news that it's healing.

Hope all continues to improve...........and by the way, what did you
do with the rooster?

Susan

Susan Forman & Eric Jenkins
Dewey Morning Alpacas
423 Greenfield-Sabina Rd.
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899 Home
937-901-1509 Cell
http://www.alpacanation.com/deweymorning.asp
Home of Huey, Dewey and Louie

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posted by Chaddo at 8:01 AM 0 comments

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[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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posted by Chaddo at 7:17 AM 0 comments