RE: [AlpacaTalk] Viccoyo

 

Wendy,
I am so glad to hear Viccoyo is being treated and is on her way to
comfort and recovery. These animals certainly can tug at our heartstrings.
(as well as our purse strings)

Is the vet doing lab work on her? The reason I ask is that we also
have (actually HAD) a very skinny girl who was nursing a 3 month old cria
when she arrived at our farm AND she is pregnant. (bred before we bought
her)

I won't tell the whole story all over since I have shared it in the
past (I THINK on this list) but our 13 year old girl has EPE....Mycoplasma
Haemolamae......

Her med records indicated she had weighed 152 at one time and she
weighed 115 when she arrived at our farm. She was treated with Biomycin and
we have upped her groceries and feed her alfalfa, along with all she can eat
orchard grass hay and our pastures a green green green. She is doing well-
We have weaned baby Lucille (Silly) off of her and her weight last night was
144--a gain of 29 lbs in six months. She is STILL pregnant, which I find
amazing...how these old girls can be so far down on their luck and still
find enough energy for a cria inutero is beyond me. Baby is due in
September and we hope it survives. Her current weanling is a beautiful
bouncy and sweet girl ...friendliest of the herd and pretty, too.

The thing I am learning with the EPE is that it does not have to be
a death sentence. It IS opportunistic and can/will raise it's ugly head if
the animal is compromised by another issue.....parasite overload,
undernourished, etc. We know we have to monitor her weight and especially
when they are covered in fleece.......that disguises their too thin body so
weighing is important.....and feeling the body mass.

We also have a 14 year old that came with a cria we purchased. She
is also bred and due in September, so we have our two oldest girls seven
months into their pregnancies. I was remiss in getting her 8 month old male
cria off of her....we just started weaning this week. It is SO hard.....he
cries for her and paces....but he is eating like a pig and I am weighing him
daily to make sure weaning isn't compromising him. I imagine she will start
gaining. She is FULL of milk......her udders look like milk goat udders,
almost. I would like to help her feel better.......she is looking for him
and wanting him to nurse. In the wild, I imagine she would nurse him up
until new cria is born, but what about colostrum and all that? I hope we
are doing the right thing. She doesn't need him taking her groceries!

Sorry so long....so many thoughts........good luck with Viccoya...

Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
Spotsylvania, VA


-----Original Message-----
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Wendy Edwards
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:48 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Viccoyo

hi everyone - Viccoyo is physically well, the vet cleaned her out, gave her
various forms of anti-biotics and left bottles of B vitamins, more
antibiotics and selenium for her - she will receive follow-up meds for three
weeks and then once a month til we can get some weight on her -

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