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Makana Pacas
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Hello,
I rescued a couple of days ago an alpaca from a local farm. They bought him from a local alpaca farm and brought him home had him with their goats for about 3 weeks and then decided that they did not have time for him. I noticed that they were feeding him goat pellets. He was probably grazing with the goats as well.
I brought him home and sheared off a feed bag full of fleece and then fed him some 12% protein grain. He has been on grain, grass and water for two days now. I also wormed him with safeguard pellets, just to stay on the safe side so if he came with something, I could catch it early, before my llama got it also.
The question that I have is regarding his clumpy poop. He does not have normal little bean poop pellets. His poop the first days was more of a horse manure texture. Sort of dark (bean colored on the outside and lighter colored on the inside.) No worms or parasites that were noticible by looking. Just loose and more like horse manure than alpaca beans.
Today is the second day and his poop now has bean pellets in it, but still in the clump stage. Dark on the inside and out now. Not light colored on the inside like yesterday.
Has anyone had this concern before? If so, what does the clumping mean. Do I need to just monitor for a few days, now that his poop color is more of the bean color, rather than horse manure color? Could it possibly be from grazing and eating with the goats at the farm he came from?
Also note that he is in great spirits, not lethargic, and a real sweetheart of a guy. Got in the kiddie pool right away yesterday and today walked up waiting for us to spray him with the hose when he spotted us using it. He also eats his grain with no problem and is continually grazing. Great little guy so far.
Please post if anyone has any experience with the poop clumping issue.
I greatly appreciate it,
Cindy
Makana Pacas
Biloxi, Ms
cindy@makana-art.com
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| 7/16/2012 9:18:39 PM |
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barrencreekalpacas
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Makana Pacas wrote:
Hello,
I rescued a couple of days ago an alpaca from a local farm. They bought him from a local alpaca farm and brought him home had him with their goats for about 3 weeks and then decided that they did not have time for him. I noticed that they were feeding him goat pellets. He was probably grazing with the goats as well.
I brought him home and sheared off a feed bag full of fleece and then fed him some 12% protein grain. He has been on grain, grass and water for two days now. I also wormed him with safeguard pellets, just to stay on the safe side so if he came with something, I could catch it early, before my llama got it also.
The question that I have is regarding his clumpy poop. He does not have normal little bean poop pellets. His poop the first days was more of a horse manure texture. Sort of dark (bean colored on the outside and lighter colored on the inside.) No worms or parasites that were noticible by looking. Just loose and more like horse manure than alpaca beans.
Today is the second day and his poop now has bean pellets in it, but still in the clump stage. Dark on the inside and out now. Not light colored on the inside like yesterday.
Has anyone had this concern before? If so, what does the clumping mean. Do I need to just monitor for a few days, now that his poop color is more of the bean color, rather than horse manure color? Could it possibly be from grazing and eating with the goats at the farm he came from?
Also note that he is in great spirits, not lethargic, and a real sweetheart of a guy. Got in the kiddie pool right away yesterday and today walked up waiting for us to spray him with the hose when he spotted us using it. He also eats his grain with no problem and is continually grazing. Great little guy so far.
Please post if anyone has any experience with the poop clumping issue.
I greatly appreciate it,
Cindy
Makana Pacas
Biloxi, Ms
cindy@makana-art.com
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| 7/16/2012 9:21:16 PM |
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barrencreekalpacas
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barrencreekalpacas wrote:
Makana Pacas wrote: Hello,
I rescued a couple of days ago an alpaca from a local farm. They bought him from a local alpaca farm and brought him home had him with their goats for about 3 weeks and then decided that they did not have time for him. I noticed that they were feeding him goat pellets. He was probably grazing with the goats as well.
I brought him home and sheared off a feed bag full of fleece and then fed him some 12% protein grain. He has been on grain, grass and water for two days now. I also wormed him with safeguard pellets, just to stay on the safe side so if he came with something, I could catch it early, before my llama got it also.
The question that I have is regarding his clumpy poop. He does not have normal little bean poop pellets. His poop the first days was more of a horse manure texture. Sort of dark (bean colored on the outside and lighter colored on the inside.) No worms or parasites that were noticible by looking. Just loose and more like horse manure than alpaca beans.
Today is the second day and his poop now has bean pellets in it, but still in the clump stage. Dark on the inside and out now. Not light colored on the inside like yesterday.
Has anyone had this concern before? If so, what does the clumping mean. Do I need to just monitor for a few days, now that his poop color is more of the bean color, rather than horse manure color? Could it possibly be from grazing and eating with the goats at the farm he came from?
Also note that he is in great spirits, not lethargic, and a real sweetheart of a guy. Got in the kiddie pool right away yesterday and today walked up waiting for us to spray him with the hose when he spotted us using it. He also eats his grain with no problem and is continually grazing. Great little guy so far.
Please post if anyone has any experience with the poop clumping issue.
I greatly appreciate it,
Cindy
Makana Pacas
Biloxi, Ms
cindy@makana-art.com
It is probably coccidia. You must test a stool sample. It can be quite dangerous to the intestines. You have to order corid to get rid of it. Use it for 5 days. Not sure the dosage yet, I have the same problem and am trying to figure it out.
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