LLama emergency/put her down?

We have had some problems with our llamas not being able to walk on the ice. Last week we have a terrible ice storm here. The whole pasture was covered in 4" of ice and one of the llama couldn't stand up on it. He ended up breaking off his front hoof toes(?) bleeding all over the place. We took hay and water out to him but it was like he decided that he wasn't going to walk on the ice and that was it. A neighbor got his 4x4 truck and a tarp and we rolled him on to the tarp and pulled him to the barn. It took a couple of days but he finally started moving around and is now staying close to the barn as we have had more bad weather, 5" snow! If your llama was confined for that lenght of time she might just be very sore and scaried to move as ours was. After she is warm and feels safe again she might be alright. If you haven't wormed her recently then I would as a precausion. We had a worm attack 2 years ago and almost lost our llamas. The vet used Ivermection injection and bio-mycin to prevent any infection or swelling. Good luck and keep us informed.

jr05

GET HER INTO THE BARN ON DEEP BEDDING!!!! GET HER WARM AND DRY!! The biggest tempereature killer in the camelids is heat stress-- but if she was down all night, the hypothermic action of being on cold ground will get them just as easy-- Her coat gets wet, she will chill-- and badly!!! SHe may ver well now have compromised circulation in her legs, but camaelids need to be sternum down for loger periods, so sling her up, if you ccan, with a sling that is not binding around her belly, and be sure to support the front of the chest-- feet resting lightly in the ground is a help-- encourages her to use them, improving ccirculation--

Think of a cow that has gone down--,as well-- nerves pinch-- and that can be the determining a factor as to wether or not a needle full of euthasol is actually needed.

here, in Ohio-- the oNly llama vets are MIles away-- the camaelid people have to rely on word of mouth for treatment methods..

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Terry

Living in the present is staying ahead of the past.

Where in VA are you? Maybe we can help you get her in?

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Amanda

"Live and let Live!!!"

"Courage is being scared to death--and saddling up anyway" John Wayne

What is the latest on her? I had a neighbor that had a horse stuck in a hole and he couldn't get up at all. We couldn't roll him over so we did everything we could making noise and all to scare him to get up. He finally did. It took my dog barking at him and nipping him in the butt but he did get up.
Please keep us posted.

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Lori

been thinking of your llama and wondering how she fared??????