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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Sick Cria

 

I'm fairly new to Alpacas but my first thoughts are: does momma have milk?  is her milk good? will she allow him to try to nurse?
   Marsha

--- On Sat, 8/1/09, Robin Vasquez <rv@lovethemalpacas.com> wrote:

From: Robin Vasquez <rv@lovethemalpacas.com>
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Sick Cria
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 8:07 PM

 

I have a 4 week old male cria. Was doing fine yesterday. This morning weak, lethargic not nursing. He is drinking lots of water. He is unsteady on his feet. Acts like he has a tummy ache. Seems to be constipated. We gave him 10 cc of Karo syrup, gatorade and two small warm water enema's. He passes the water enemas after about 30 minutes but it is just water no stool.
He still is not interested in nursing but he will walk to the water and drink. He prefers to lay down but will walk a bit. No fever. Any ideas on what else we should do. My thoughts are he got dehydrated yesterday playing and it has caused a chain reaction. I am pleased he is drinking water but am concerned about him not being able to pass any stool and not nursing. He did pass urine twice so far.
Ideas?
Robin Vasquez
R & R Ranch
Gilroy, CA
408-842-5233


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