[AlpacaTalk] Re: Merry Morning - eye problem
Hi Janice, great to hear she's gaining--and nicely too! That's
probably why you can't get anything out of mom, Merry's sucked her dry :)
My little boy's eye was sort of runny (not goopey, though)and crusty
(in the corner) for a month or so when he was 3-4 weeks old. It didn't
seem to interfere with his sight at all and cleared up on its own. I
know the wind does it to me--but I get to wash my face ;) If your
worried, look to see if there is anything visible (scratch, hay) and
if not, I'd just give it time unless it gets worse.
Morgen
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY
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>
> Glad to hear the cria is doing well! And even if you don't have a
> scale, you can keep track of her body score. If her spine starts
> feeling bony, and you can feel her ribs easily, then it's time to
> start taking bottle feeding seriously! If their body score is good,
> and energy is good, nothing to worry about!
>
> Her eye issue is probably just "one of those things." Goopy eyes are
> nothing unusual especially for animals that live outside. If you can,
> flushing it out with an eye wash wouldn't hurt. Maybe some eye
> ointment available at any feed store or local vet.
>
> I'd start halter training right away, though. Once she's trained a
> bit, she'll be much easier to handle and won't be fearful of you.
> And, quite often, after they trained when young, they're quite
> friendly and don't mind physical contact. We use dot be completely
> hands-off the babies except for vitamins and only really necessary
> things. Then when we tried halter training at 4-6 months, they were
> wild animals! And if you wait longer than that, forget it!
>
> Heather
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:23 PM, houckj@... wrote:
>
> > 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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