RE: [AlpacaTalk] Another bottle baby this year
Oh, Heather, how very sad! I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. The old girls are certainly treasures!
Cinda
Driwind Farms
ARI Registered Alpacas
Cinda and Gary Young
El Paso, Texas
Phone 915-276-1827
www.driwind.
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Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:44 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Another bottle baby this year
I don't know if any of you remember my saga with Izumi last year. She got caught between a wall and a gate after she was born and was a wall baby. Refused to nurse from her mama.
This year, her dam delivered a lovely full Bolivian true black boy, and all seemed to be well until he was a week old and she began bleeding, either from her uterus or kidneys/bladder. As she was over 15 years old, our vet felt surgery was not an option, as anesthesia is touchy with alpacas even when they're young and strong.
Well, my dear old grumpy Bolivian import dam died 11 days after delivering her boy. So I have another bottle baby. It was tough getting him to take the bottle at first, but now he sees me and comes running for it, however I still have to trick him into catching him. He's trusting me more each day, though. And, he's gained over a pound in just 3 days.
The baby is almost identical to his 2 year old full brother, and I believe he'll be a keeper. He may be Hoyln's best cria. She was a great old girl, and even though she was grumpy as heck, I will miss her.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
posted by Chaddo at 12:06 PM
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