[AlpacaTalk] alpaca rescue

 

Lately I have been reading and hearing more about alpacas being placed in not-so-perfect situations because of owner financial or physical difficulties. There is so much information out there on caring for alpacas, but very little in what to do when someone needs to give an alpaca away. We have all heard the stories of people buying or adopting alpacas for one reason and later realizing it was not as they thought. So, what happens to these alpacas? Where can the people go for help? Well, I can't solve all these problems, but I would like to offer what help I can. I have set up a new chat site called Alpaca 911, which is also the name of our rescue. This groups is for anyone who is willing or able to help with fostering or taking on an alpaca rescue. It is NOT a commitment, but rather a group of individuals that may be able to help someone else out. If you are ever able to "host" an alpaca or two for a while, please consider joining. If you know of someone who may need to surrender an alpaca, this group can find who is closest to be able to help. Maybe you can't foster an animal but could provide transportation, even in a limited area. I know that there are farms out there that would be happy to have these animals, I just can't seem to find one location to see where they are! So if you have an interest, please join and invite anyone you know that is interested.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpaca911

Thank you.

Linda Lachanski
Pic A Paca Dreams Alpaca Farm
14 Courtney Drive
Delanson, NY 12053
(518) 875-6503
picapacadreams@nycap.rr.com
www.alpacasofny.com

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[AlpacaTalk] RE: ear trouble

 

<<<I HATE ear problems! My cattle dog has a beagle head with the beagle
ears and she has constant ear wet oozy ears that I constantly battle. I
have had her to the vet several times and on antibiotics and ear drops.
I finally started sprinkling baby powder in her ear hoping to keep it
drier if it's from sweating. Check the outside good to for a tick that
might be bothering him too.>>>

Jody and Wendy -
I have used boric acid for decades for dog and cat ear problems. I once
had a dog that no matter what we/the vet did he just had chronic ear
problems. I can't count how much money we threw at that problem. No
meds worked. Then somewhere I heard about using boric acid. It was
the miracle cure! Same with cats - prone to ear mites that are hard to
treat. A little boric acid will clear them right up. I have always
had great success with it. The trick is don't get the 3% stuff sold in
pharmacies for eye wash. You have to get the 99% stuff sold (these
days) as roach killer. I started using it for roaches long before it
was marketed as such and you could purchase it cheaply at good
pharmacies......99%USP. I get the roach killer kind that comes in a
squeeze type bottle with a pointed tip on it. It is supposed to used to
kind of squirt into corners and behind appliances and such, but works
great for dusting into ears. Then stand back the dog will shake its
head and a cloud of white dust will come billowing out! You want to
put in enough to coat all the ear canal down as deeply as possible.

Jody, I used to have a dog that love to go swimming in the lake and she
kept a sort of constant low level ear infection going on. A mixture of
half and half rubbing alcohol and vinegar will eliminate that. The
alcohol dries the ear and the vinegar takes care of low level
bacteria. I kept a mixture on hand at all times, in a dropper bottle,
and would always use it before and after each swim and the dog never had
another ear problem. Be careful with that baby powder - a lot of it has
asbestos in it; you sure don't want her or you to inhale it.

Janice in NW GA
off to use the little bit of liquid Ivermec I have left from injections
in my boy's ear....hope that works.

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[AlpacaTalk] RE: ear trouble

 

<<< Could it possibly be ear ticks? We are using liquid Ivermectin
with a little mineral oil in ears to kill the ticks.You can not see them
they
are too deep in the ear.I recommend you do some research on line about
these
ticks.I have to friends that have lost alpacas this year to these ticks.The
female seems to be the poison one.I would check it out and see if the
symptoms
are what your alpaca is having.I found lots of info on line.Good
luck.Always,
T
Tina Travis >>>

Well that's scary! Tick was also my first thought, but then I didn't
see or feel anything. We really shouldn't have any ticks, that is after
all the reason I keep all these guineas around, but this year for the
first time in 10 yrs of having guineas around I am finding the occ tick
on dogs and humans. Plus the guineas no longer stay in the pasture,
they fly right out first thing in the AM and roam the yard and horse
pasture, but not the alpaca pastures :-(.
So liquid Ivermec will kill them?
What proportion are you mixing it with the mineral oil?
The point of the mineral oil being to coat them?
Thanks Tina,
Janice

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