[AlpacaTalk] trimming topknots

 

hi - i've just been looking through the latest Camelid Quarterly and again am in awe of those smoothly sculpted topknots

 

can anyone tell me the secret to such perfectly shaped heads?  I had our shearer trim my alpacas' topknots in May, hoping they would grow in smooth and lovely, but no such luck -

 

as a follow-up to my questions on mites and mange earlier in the fall, I was successful in killing the nasty bugs on my girl, but the fibre has not grown back around her ankles yet.

 

i really appreciate all the advice and support i receive from this listserve - you have helped me solve more than one problem with my herd.

Thanks

Wendy

DreamWeaver Alpacas

BC

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] transrectal ultrasound

 

I don't have hard data to support this but I think there are fewer false negatives with transrectal.  However..........I don't think this is an issue where anyone should say one is better than the other.  The determining factor has to be which is your vet most skilled at and most comfortable with.  If a vet is not skilled in either method than transabdominal is certianly the safest.  We have never lost a pregnancy from ultrasound procedures done transrectally.

 

Elden Harms

Token Creek Alpacas

Sun Prairie WI

-----Original Message-----
From: Flossie Carmichael <flossie_rnc@hotmail.com>
To: alpacatalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Nov 30, 2009 9:38 am
Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] transrectal ultrasound

 

I am surprised to read of so many doing transrectal ultrasounds to confirm pregnancy. I bought my first animals from a large breeder. She had one of my girls ultrasounded to confirm her pregnancy by a vet other than her regular one who was out of town. Her regular vet usually did abdominal US but this one performed it rectally. She noticed blood on the probe when it was extracted.My girl aborted shortly after. I currently use a vet who has a large camelid practice. He has always done abdominal ultrasounds. What is the advantage to using the more invasive procedure?
Flossie

Flossie and Joe Carmichael
GentleGrangeAlpacas
Jamison,Pa.
Home-215-918-0339
Cell-267-614-9620
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