I went to feed horses and alpacas on friday morning. The alpacas get camelibra, followed by Readi-grass in the morning. That morning, Snow came up to me , looking very bedraggled.It had rained heavily the night before. They do have a lovely shelter, but she is the one most likely to be outside of it. I stopped bringing them into the barn overnight as the weather warmed up a couple of weeks ago.
So, dashed to work, to hopefully change some appointments, and found the new computer system was going in, so emergencies only ( I curse new computer systems-we are linking to the main army net - so it will likely crash loads over the next few weeks!). I arrived back to see Snow a couple of hours later, then called the vet after checking her temp. One of the farm vets came out ( I use the same vet as my horses, though really only know the equine vets,) and she had some crackles, more pronounced on one side of her chest. So she has had antibiotics and nti-inflammatory, and is much improved. I did have my Norm Evans field manual out for drug dosages ( he said they tended to use cow dosages but much better the camelid way!). She had a second injection today, and they have been back in overnight so she doesn't get wet like that again.
For me, it taught the importance of knowing routine behaviour , and taking note if it changes. I am glad I listened to Snow, when she "talked" to me at breakfast time.
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