Barn on the Web
  • Who am I
    • Lessons Learned
    • Contact Me
  • My Animals
    • Animals For Sale
  • My Horse training
    • Training Photos
  • My Blog
  • The Farm Shop
  • The Family Farm
    • Spring Farm Event
    • Fiber Notebook

Juno issues

4/24/2013

 
    As most of you know we sheared Monday.  Last night, however, it got down to around freezing.  When sheared we found that some of the animals were a bit thin.  It is hard to tell with all that fleece on them and we had them penned almost an extra Month due to the weather.  We gave the vet a buzz and talked to him about the herd and he thought that the weather was playing a large roll in the issue we are having.  Under the careful hand of our vet everything has been checked for worms and should have been just fine.  He said to give them 30 days on the pasture and they all should be right as rain.
    Okay, well, that was until today.  We found Juno in the shed and he was shaking and weak.  He could stand but was wobbley.  He ate and was fine this morning and at the noon check of the barnyard and pasture.  We got him in under a heat lamp and called the vet.  The way Juno was acting the vet thinks he got something caught in his throat.  He was making a hacking, rattle sound at the time.  Combine that with him not getting out in the sun he lost heat and got cold.  Add in the dampness of the rain yesterday and the weather flip flopping back around and you have one hard time for all the animals not just Juno.  Alpaca keep warm by digesting food but if he isn't getting out and grazing all day he won't have the food to digest at night to keep warm.  Doc had me give him some Pepto just incase he had a tummy ache and Then He had me drench him with vitamins and electrolytes.   
    After that he said to give him plenty of water and keep him warm.  So what are we going to do???  Well, we did everything Doc said and then we did what we do best ... Use that inside pen!  Yup, Juno won't be fighting the cold tonight.  He will be bedding down in the warm and tomorrow it is suppose to be up to 80 degrees so he will be going out to soak up the sun and from there on out he should be going good ... If not we will be making a run to the Vet in the morning.
Picture
Picture
On the up side Juno ate his dinner and munched on some Grass that I went and picked for him ... After that he took time to rest.
Picture
Every few hours I would help him up so that he could get his barrings.  Like all animals he needs to have his time standing up so that his insides don't have to take the weight of their entire body all the time.  By 9pm Juno was doing very well but we noticed him coughing and gave him a shot of Antibiotic just to be safe. 
Diane
4/24/2013 03:00:26 pm

I love that you have an indoor pen. Glad to hear he's doing better!

morandia
4/24/2013 05:05:54 pm

when you said "inside pen" I thought you meant inside the barn, not inside the house! LOL. Hope Juno is better soon

Jenny
4/24/2013 08:17:50 pm

I hope Juno feels better this morning. It's great that he's eating.

KateJonze
4/25/2013 01:27:23 am

Love that indoor pen! Hope that and today's sunshine help Juno to recover.

Torre
4/25/2013 01:03:37 pm

Hope Juno's feeling better! Love the indoor pen :)


Comments are closed.

    Categories

    All
    Alpaca
    Angora Goat
    Birth
    Carrie Clothes
    Cattle
    Deaths
    Dorset
    Everyday Life
    Fleece Police
    Give Away
    Horse
    Merino
    Mom
    Projects
    Rodeo
    Shearing
    Shetland
    Video

    Archives

    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

    RSS Feed

    Plurk.com
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.