I didn't take any pictures - yet. He's at my vet's in his freezer. I'm not sure how the pictures would come out as his leg is fully formed, but the knee bone grew in the wrong place so instead of a nice flat knee on his front leg (first joint from the body on his front leg) it is round, slightly larger than a ping pong ball. It is fully covered with skin and hair. In fact this boy was a very nice dark fawn/light brown suri. He got right up in a kushed position within 15 minutes of being born and wanted to get right up, but with his left front leg fused in an upright position (lifted like he was just starting to walk) there was no way he was ever going to be able to walk. I may have been able to get him up to stand but then what? Mom was a maiden and I was with her for most of her labor. I knew she was in labor so I stood around for a couple hours and other than doing a lot of humming and kushing and getting back up I saw nothing out of the ordinary. I ran up to the house for about 20 minutes and when I got back down the cria's head and legs were both presented. This was a smallish cria, about 15 pounds, but mom was having a really hard time getting the left front leg to come out so I gave a slight tug and out it popped and the baby slipped out with just a couple more pushes. Mom ran away as soon as the baby slipped out and that is when I noticed his leg. I called my vet and he told me to bring the baby in. Mom delivered the placenta in two pieces, about a 1/2 hour after having the cria. So I'm assuming there were more issues with this birth than I think. But as of last night mom showed no indication of knowing what had happen yesterday. BUT, this morning she is definitely looking for her baby and now I feel just awful. She comes right up to me and hums in a very high pitch. She's telling me she knows I did something with her baby. This is my first experience with this and I don't like it! :o(
I'll see about getting pictures.
Thanks for the info.
Donna Jaruzel
Brandilyn Farm Alpacas
Holly, MI
810-714-6061
248-933-6777
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary & Maryann Simpson <info1@tri-valleyalpacas.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 12:31 pm
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Cria Donation?
Sorry about your cria. It's the worst thing!!
You might consider OSU Veterinary School's Camelid studies.
Dr Andrew John Niehaus
Veterinary Medical Center
601 Vernon Tharp St
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 292-6661
Fax: (614) 292-3530
Email:
niehaus.25@osu.edu URL:
http://vet.osu.edu/AndrewNiehaus.htm Also, do you have any photos of the deformity? I am looking at a device
originally designed for human orthopaedic application
and has now been successfully adapted for equine, camelid and veterinary
use.
Thanks,
Gary
Gary Simpson
Tri-Valley Alpacas, Inc.
8395 Number Nine Road
Brookville, OH 45309
Office Phone: 513-919-8235
Fax: 937.884.7463
www.tri-valleyalpacas.com/ONM.htm
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