[AlpacaTalk] Merry Morning - eye problem
An update and thanks to you all that have written with suggestions. She
is doing well weight wise. I finally realized I did indeed have a
professional doctor scale in my office - duh and started getting an
accurate weight on her Monday. She fights tooth and nail and is quite
strong, she has kicked over everything in my office.
Mon - 18.5#
Tues - 19#
Wed - 19 1/4 #
Thur - 20#!!!
After sruggling to get her to take sustenance from a bottle or syringe I
finally got 2 oz in her on Mon at Day 7. That is when I realized I did
have a good accurate scale. so decided to just monitor her weight and
not stress her, mama, and myself out unless she was losing weight. I
can't count the 20# that I thought she weighed when she was born as that
was on an old bathroom scale in the barn - not terribly accurate.
So now I am finally feeling pretty confident this girl is going to make
it :-). She sure is feisty I'll say that for her. And I cannot get a
drop of milk out of mom, but Merry must be! I have added a 3rd meal to
mom in the middle of the day of alfalfa pellets. And am just leaving
them be except for the middle of the day catching to carry into my
office - she struggles all the way across the yard and has nearly
escaped my arms several times, so I probably will only continue to
weight her daily for another couple of days and then maybe 2x week for a
bit longer. It sure is reassuring to see those pounds go up :-).
Now the only problem is her eye. I noticed yesterday it was tearing a
little bit, nothing bad. Today is crusted up pretty bad and running.
What should I do? I don't have any eye meds here and can't afford the
vet that we used when my Allie's eye was severely scratched this summer.
All the meds I used on her are gone. I did use a very dilute
goldenseal on Allie as well as the vet meds, so that is the only thing I
can think of, but I don't think this is an infection? More like an
irritation? Or perhaps a little scratch. Don't know. But don't want
it to crust up and shut on her. It has been VERY windy here the past
few days with a LOT of rain. 10" in the past 3 days on top of 15" in
Dec - it is a mud pit here, everything is a mess. And the wind has been
gusting up to 50 mph. Very easily could have debris blown into her eye.
She does lay in the hay a good portion of the time while mom is eating
or just hanging out, so I am thinking a piece of hay could have stuck
her in the eye. If there is a med or rememdy you can suggest I could
call the vet and ask if I could come pick it up, she would probably be
agreeable to that - maybe. Or perhaps just wipe it out with a warm
compress?
Thanks!
Janice
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