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Sunday, September 13, 2009

RE: [AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

Elephant skin has myriad causes, among which some of the commonest are mites (scarcoptes or chorioptes) and also selenium deficiencies and zinc deficiencies.

 

We had a girl who tested negative repeatedly for mites, witch’s brew did not seem to help…

 

Dr. Polllard suggested that we give her a body shampoo with “selsun” blue or a “knockoff” thereof…and that worked wonders for her elephant skin.  We brought her out on a nice warm day and lathered her up.  We let it sit on her about 7 minutes then rinsed her with warm water.  I added a good oatmeal dog shampoo just to pamper the skin and rinsed that out thoroughly.  IT worked like a dream.   We repeated this process again in 2 weeks ----and we’d already seen remarkable progress. 

 

We have not had to do it again and it has not reoccurred.  Charmane was not going in the show ring and the “shampooing” seemed to give her a lot of relief….to the point that she willingly took the second bath and liked the gentle scrubbing on her new, pink skin.

 

I did warm the water I rinsed her with….just so it was not icy cold.  This could not be done in winter…but it surely helped during warm weather!

 

This may not be what is causing the problem with your animal, but if it is not mites, then this is as good a guess as most!

 

Good luck and tell us how things turn out.

 

Allison

 

Allison E. Moss-Fritch

New Moon Alpacas

Santa Clara, CA

http://www.newmoonalpacas.com

408/248-3581

 

 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Edwards
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:44 AM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

 

hi - I have a girl with elephant skin.  Does anyone know:

 

- what causes it?

- is it contagious?

- how do you treat it?

 

i have tried fungicides with no apparant success.

 

thanks for any help you can give me.

 

Wendy

DreamWeaver Alpacas

BC

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RE: [AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

            Our little one had it on her nose and we treated it topically with Ivomec Pour on.  We just used a q-tip dipped in it and ran it over her nostril area.  Cleared it up quickly. 

           

 

Laura Roberts

R Half Pint Farm

Spotsylvania, VA 

 

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

It is contagious....but only some animals seem to show signs.     Regardless of what you use to kill the mites, Neosporin (or the generic versions) works well to soften, heal the skin and restart hair growth.     I use it daily till the skin looks good and hair is growing.
 
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[AlpacaTalk] Safeguard advice

 

Can you give safeguard to cria's? And if so is it also 1cc per 10 lbs.?
Thank you,

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[AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

thanks Heather - especially for all the things you have tried with no success - it saves me trying them too
 
i have used Ivomec, and in fact gave her more yesterday, but the skin disorder ( sarcoptic mange i now know) is just spreading - is it contagious to the other stock?  I haven't noticed it on anyone else so far
 
she had it when i bought her but i didn't know what it was and as it was only in her "armpits" i didn't notice it right away.  Now it is even under her tail.
 
as my husband just said "thank god for your alpaca group", i have learned more on this weblist than anywhere else.
 
thanks again
Wendy
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Re: [AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

Sarcoptic mange mites causes it. They are not always visible under the microscope when a skin scraping is done. 


We have had some minor cases, and a few major cases. We've tried every treatment out there including Permethrin sprays (don't work). We've tried the "Witches Brew" which contains DMSO and is very drying to the skin, doesn't work and causes more damage than the mites. We've tried Neem Oil, which doesn't work and smells incredibly awful. We haven't found Ivomec to be effective in treating for mites, either.

The only treatment I've found that does work is Frontline. You can either buy the spray, which is about $40 for a 16 or 17 oz bottle. I have also used the top spot for giant breed dogs, applying with a syringe (no needle) near the affected areas. 

I have also used Ovitrol spray, which prevents eggs from hatching, I think, and prevents mites from reaching reproductive maturity, in case the Ovitrol didn't kill them.

A lot of people still don't accept that mites are the cause, I guess because so many mite treatments don't work. But, the Frontline and Ovitrol really have worked well for us.

Heather

Heather Zeleny
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On Sep 13, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Wendy Edwards wrote:


hi - I have a girl with elephant skin.  Does anyone know:
 
- what causes it?
- is it contagious?
- how do you treat it?
 
i have tried fungicides with no apparant success.
 
thanks for any help you can give me.
 
Wendy
DreamWeaver Alpacas
BC

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[AlpacaTalk] elephant skin

 

hi - I have a girl with elephant skin.  Does anyone know:
 
- what causes it?
- is it contagious?
- how do you treat it?
 
i have tried fungicides with no apparant success.
 
thanks for any help you can give me.
 
Wendy
DreamWeaver Alpacas
BC

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