Re: [AlpacaTalk] Merry Morning - eye problem
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@aol.com 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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