Llorelei Needs Here Own Thread -- She's Doing Terrific

[BlessedWithGoats]

I'm so sorry Skywarrior!! You have done so much to try to get these animals well, and you have done great taking care of them! I hope that Llorelei recovers soon!!

 

[Latestarter]

Too many "WOWs" to go round... unbelievable! I feel so sorry for you and all you've been through this year! Too many losses! and worse... no real explanation for most of them! Unreal! Nothing I can say that I feel is adequate for your situation. It just plain sucks. So sorry.

 

[babsbag]

Sorry that you lost another one and now the vet has the nerve to try and blame you. That just really stinks. It just seems strange that they all started to go downhill at the same time. it would be a real coincidence if Johne's would present like that. What a horrible ordeal.

 

[SkyWarrior]

Thanks, Everyone, I appreciate your words. What has really gotten me mad about the vet is the lack of caring. I mean, I've never known a vet to not call with lab results, especially if I call several times. Nine days was too long.

I'm still guardedly optimistic on Llorelei who is moving around like a kid sitting at a school desk. Basically, she wants to get up but can't. Tried helping her up tonight: no go. Gave her a B shot and she tried to kick me. (Yay!) Iffy on eating, but ate some llama lunch (grain) and I put down hay. Eyelids look MUCH better. Gave her banamine and probios tonight.

She's warm in the barn and, as I said before, her hair is growing back. She's mad at me for sticking her with needles. Tomorrow another round of tetracycline, B vitamins, banamine, and probios. Sigh. Poor kid feels like a pincushion. Last night she got her iron shot. I've been told to stagger those every five days to avoid liver toxicity.

Assuming I get her on her feet, the alpaca breeder who talked with me about this disease told me that it'll take a full year for her to recover. Not what I'm looking forward to, but a problem I'd rather have than not, given the current circumstances.

So far, I haven't seen anything vets can do that I can't when it comes to my livestock except major surgeries and prescriptions. Luckily, I have another vet who is happy to set me up with banamine.

 

[goatgurl]

oh man SW i am so sorry you lost terry. and I'm with baymule on the can of whoop azz. i don't live in texas but I'm close enough to know how to open the can. blaming you! what a crock!! they would probably all be dead if you weren't working so hard to keep them going. i wouldn't go back to him either.

 

[purplequeenvt]

How long has she been down? She might not be able to get up herself if it's been too long.

 

[SkyWarrior]

How long has she been down? She might not be able to get up herself if it's been too long.

She's been down about 2 weeks. Yes, a long time. I have tried to help her up, but she isn't having any of that just yet. She is moving around though. We're talking she moved eight feet from her previous position yesterday. I may have to do some massaging of her legs to get them back in good working order. She wants to get up. She just is having problems still.

 

[goatgurl]

have you thought about making a sling for her to hang in? i did that for a goat once and it really seemed to help her. i hung her from the rafter in the barn just so her hoofs barely touched the floor, it got her legs moving and she got stronger. something to think about.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

How long was the doe in the sling @goatgurl ?

We had a doe go down years ago and when we asked one of our vets if we put the doe in a sling, he said no & that it can make goats bloat

 

[goatgurl]

i didn't leave her all the time. i would pull her up, massage her legs, she would move them around and that helped with the circulation and muscle tone. I'd leave her up for about an hour and back down she'd go. and i stayed with her the whole time she was up, did that a couple of times a day. i was told if they are in a sling to long it puts pressure on their rumen and it messes them up so with her it was an up and down thing. she had aflatoxin poisoning from some bad hay and was down so long she had a pressure ulcer on her sternum. maybe that's what the vet was talking about.