[AlpacaTalk] Re: supplies to keep on hand
<<<<Good morning Janice,
some items: Banamine-some vets will let you keep a couple of shots after
you learn to give shots and when it is needed
Vet wrap
blankets-dog blankets work great measure the
animal from the center of the chest around the side to the tail
yogurt-full fat and plain
heaters
straw
towels
first aid kit for you and the animals there
are inexpensive ones at the box stores
Hope these items are never needed!
Mary Jane Fox>>>>
Thanks Mary Jane, all good suggestions. Anyone else have their list of
suggestions?
I have wondered about a heater, and almost used one the first week Merry
was born as it was quite cold that week and she was shivering, even with
her cute little coat on, but I feared fire danger more than anything, so
instead opted for a light bulb in a reflector hanging low from the
rafters, still a fire hazard t ho and doesn't put out much heat at all.
We will not get above freezing for the next 3 days with wind chills
below zero at night (and I'm in GA, can't imagine how the rest of you
manage) and tho she has a coat on (and is now 2 wks old and gaining
steadily!!) I am still concerned about them. Ususally they lay out in
the pasture all night (instead of in a protected place) and are covered
with frost from head to tail in the morning, so they must like the cold,
but not last night! This morning they were all in the little barn.....a
place they never/rarely go willingly as that is our "hospital and
treatment" room. But they were crammed up in there this morning :-).
Tonight and tomorrow night much much colder.
What sort of heater? I have a little electric one, but with all the hay
out there strewn all over the floor I am just way too scared to leave a
heater on all night? Actually tho the alpacas should be better able to
stand the cold than the horses? However I have noticed their coat is
only about half grown out since their shearing in June, and our winter
will soon be over. Is he shearing too close? Is there a way to shear
not so close so as to leave enough of a coat on them that will be full
by winter?
I almost always have yogurt on hand....what do you use it for with the
alpacas?
Blankets for lying on or for draping over? Or both? I have tons of old
blankets, not particularly dog blankets, that's why I'm asking. They
can easily be folded up to lay on, but I don't think the alpacas would
stay on them!
I have always wanted to keep Banamine on hand, but so far no vet I have
used will give me any to keep on hand. There are several presc meds I
would like to keep on hand, but they won't get up off them :-(.
Do you keep anything on hand to treat for coccidosis?
Something I've never had here that I know of, I frequently see "balled
stools" in the pasture, but no one ever appears ill or puny and I don't
know who it comes from. Balled stool is all Dr Evans says in his
manual, so I don't know what else to be on the look out for, or what
coccidosis does or is.....just that it is dangerous to young ones.
Warmly (ha!) Janice
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