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Monday, September 28, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: hard lump on lower lip

 

Glad to hear your girl is better!


I just remembered another thing people can check for when they see new lumps on alpaca faces. The day before shearing this year, one of my girls had a lump that was very hard, about the size of "shooter" marble. I thought, oh great, another vet bill for an abscess! I checked to see if it was just a small compact wad of cud, and it didn't move, which was why I thought abscess. I did push on it in case it was caused by something trapped between the teeth and gums... Didn't notice any change, but the next day she was completely normal. What was it? I have no idea, but I'm glad it went away! May have been a cudball. That's what I'm going with. :)

Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece



On Sep 28, 2009, at 7:25 PM, houckj@aol.com wrote:

<<<We had a girl develop an enormous abscess on her cheek
and jaw literally overnight, and all we can think of is that she was
stung by something. She was normal one day, the next morning her
check was the size of a grapefruit.

Really gross, and required flushing and draining every day until it
was healed.>>>

That was my first thought - probably because my male was so prone to jaw 
abscesses and they were such a pain to treat. I was thinking maybe a 
piece of hay stuck in her gum. But luckily by the time she came back in 
from grazing a few hours later, it was noticeably better and was all 
gone by this morning. My dd reminded me that this had happeded to her 
last summer only much much worse - that was the midnight call to the vet 
who informed she was not interested in having to learn a new breed of 
animal. I am thinking she laid her face down in some ants - which have 
just quadrupled around here the past few weeks. And yes we have lots of 
wasps as well. So could have been either. I got into some of those 
ants myself the other day and they left huge welts all up my leg...tiny 
little ants they were too. Thank goodness nothing seriously wrong with 
my girl and no vet bill for which I am very thankful. 

Janice

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posted by Chaddo at 7:43 PM 0 comments

Free Alpacas Newsletter- How to Profit from Alpaca Farming

[AlpacaTalk] Re: hard lump on lower lip

 

<<<We had a girl develop an enormous abscess on her cheek
and jaw literally overnight, and all we can think of is that she was
stung by something. She was normal one day, the next morning her
check was the size of a grapefruit.

Really gross, and required flushing and draining every day until it
was healed.>>>

That was my first thought - probably because my male was so prone to jaw
abscesses and they were such a pain to treat. I was thinking maybe a
piece of hay stuck in her gum. But luckily by the time she came back in
from grazing a few hours later, it was noticeably better and was all
gone by this morning. My dd reminded me that this had happeded to her
last summer only much much worse - that was the midnight call to the vet
who informed she was not interested in having to learn a new breed of
animal. I am thinking she laid her face down in some ants - which have
just quadrupled around here the past few weeks. And yes we have lots of
wasps as well. So could have been either. I got into some of those
ants myself the other day and they left huge welts all up my leg...tiny
little ants they were too. Thank goodness nothing seriously wrong with
my girl and no vet bill for which I am very thankful.

Janice

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posted by Chaddo at 7:25 PM 0 comments