[AlpacaTalk] Re: Update - SOS - cria issues
How many days gestation was she?
Carolyn Marquette
The AlpacaRosa
Hartville, OH
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, "Don-Carolyn Marquette" <sesamedame@...> wrote:
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> ok.....just read all the posts on this thread. How much colostrum did you get into her in the first 20 hours AND what kind of colostrum? If you didn't get at least 6 oz of mom's colostrum and another 10 oz of frozen or fresh cow colostrum (or mom's), then your girl definately needs a plasma transfusion.
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> Again, I'd get her heart checked.....could have a severe murmur.
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> ALSO....what do her eye membranes look? Are they a normal pink or very dark pink-red?
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> Carolyn Marquette
> The AlpacaRosa
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> --- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, sesamedame@ wrote:
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> > Coming into this late and only reading the post from this morning..... Have you had her checked for heart murmur? A severe one can cause this kind of lethargy and not having strength to keep head up for nursing.
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> > From: traviselkhornalpacas <traviselkhornalpacas@>
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> > Sent: Sat, Jun 30, 2012 10:43 am
> > Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Update - SOS - cria issues
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> > Chyrs that is some of the very best news I have heard in along time.I am ecstatic for you and your little one.She may still end up nursing,do you milk mom?Sleep deprivation is not fun,but soon she won't need bottles all night.Good job!!!!! Tina in Missouri at Elkhorn Alpacas
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> > From: "chrystella.volk" <chrystella.volk@>
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> > Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:21:05 -0000
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> > Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Update - SOS - cria issues
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> > We are now working on day 5. She initially lost 0.6 lbs. on the first day. She gained back 0.5 lbs. on the second. We have had some challenges with the weather - trying to keep her body temp regulated, but we got a system.
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> > She cushes normal - stand and walks around on her own. She still tends to hang her head down when she is standing, but starting to hold it up more with time. Still cant(wont) nurse. I have pushed/encouraged/helped try to get her to nurse before giving a bottle. I have also found her under mom and trying to nurse, but she will only try for a minute or two and then stop. I am not sure if she still doesn't have the strength to hold her head up that long or if she's being a little lazy. After all I have her a bottle and she sucks that down with no issues at all.
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> > Again thanks everyone for all the advise. We're still holding strong , but tired.
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> > Chrys
> > Ruggles, OH
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