On a serious note we have had the vet out today to see Hoity Toity. She is the girl who aborted at five months gestation in January. Despite extensive tests we never found any probable cause and put it down to stress (she was new to us at this point). However, we have struggled with her weight despite extra rations of : Carrs mix, sugar beet and oats, Fast Track, as well as Camelibra. She has also had vitamin and mineral supplements and some Jump Start. We have tested for every parasite we know of. All negative. She has a good appetite, no teeth issues and we feed her seperately. She has no diarrohea and is apyrexial. The vet gave her a Vit B12 shot in case of anaemia and is doing some more blood tests. Her heart and lungs passed the MOT test so it is a bit of a mystery. A gastric ulcer may be a possibility I suppose but the vet was not keen to treat this undiagnoised. We will have to wait until Monday to see if anything shows up in the blood results. In the meantime she has had peas and beans added to her rations for extra protein. I hope that I am worrying for nothing but I would rather play safe.
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Friday, 19 March 2010
Spring grass behaviour?
On a serious note we have had the vet out today to see Hoity Toity. She is the girl who aborted at five months gestation in January. Despite extensive tests we never found any probable cause and put it down to stress (she was new to us at this point). However, we have struggled with her weight despite extra rations of : Carrs mix, sugar beet and oats, Fast Track, as well as Camelibra. She has also had vitamin and mineral supplements and some Jump Start. We have tested for every parasite we know of. All negative. She has a good appetite, no teeth issues and we feed her seperately. She has no diarrohea and is apyrexial. The vet gave her a Vit B12 shot in case of anaemia and is doing some more blood tests. Her heart and lungs passed the MOT test so it is a bit of a mystery. A gastric ulcer may be a possibility I suppose but the vet was not keen to treat this undiagnoised. We will have to wait until Monday to see if anything shows up in the blood results. In the meantime she has had peas and beans added to her rations for extra protein. I hope that I am worrying for nothing but I would rather play safe.
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Some of them are just plain skinny! We have two, Dee and Bannock who are both skinny and eat like crazy. Very hard to put any weight on either of them but they are very healthy. Conversely we have some fatties who just never ever lose weight. Just like humans I suppose?
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about using some Ceto Phyton..I used it with an ill alpaca....its liquid feed and usually given to sheep for Ketossis...they do reallt well on it..just a thought...you can get it from your vet......Jayne
Fingers crossed for clear blood results.
ReplyDeleteHope those are petit pois and french beans! Only the best for a very special young lady.
And on a lighter note: try her on some of Marks sausages!
ReplyDeleteMark's sausages and petit pois! Sounds good to me but I also like to keep myself well covered for winter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jayne. I will do some research.