Trying to be a good blogger.

.. and post more often.

Max, my stud alpaca, has an abscess on his foot. It's nasty and he needs treatment 3 times a day. This was okay when he was feeling very sorry for himself and slow, but after 5 days it's a bit better and he's thinking he doesn't want to put his foot in a bucket of betadine solution and keep it there for 5 minutes, then let me squeeze any gunk out then have an IM injection of penicillin. Nope, he doesn't want to do that anymore. And I can't put much effort into holding him with this pesky rib. So it's down to once a day now. Although he is weight bearing and not hobbling anymore, it is obviously still very sore and still producing muck, but I am trying to irrigate it with normal saline (salt solution) rather than put pressure on it.

Tomorrow is a big day, vets ( I really hope it is more than one), are coming to carry out the TB and brucellosis test on the alpaca prior to moving them back to the UK. We've already cancelled them coming once as there were more cases of F&M, and there has been another one over the weekend. They are all in the same area but we are taking a chance that in a months time we will be able to ship them. If not, we have to start the process again. And look for somewhere temporary to house them here as we should move out by November 15th. Oh, and alpaca do not have their veins in the same place as cows and horses and I really really hope the vet's have done their homework. I can't tell them where as I've not seen it done before and my efforts to find diagrams on the web have failed, all I've had is a description of where from other 'paca owners. It's done all the time in the UK and US, I just can't help but be a worry guts at the moment.

This to, shall pass.

Whoops a daisy

 

These are my ribs, one of them is broken. It's not displaced so it's very difficult to see, (10th on the left). I don't have a light box and my scanner isn't connected, so had to make do with the window, hence the view of the alpaca behind, neat.

Yes, it does hurt and it's a damn nuisance when I should be packing.

I slipped on the stairs when I was carrying a skein of handspun and noticed a grass seed in it, went to pluck it out and, whamn. Our stairs are just wood, no covering, and the edge of the treads are sharp. But I can still spin so it's a great opportunity to catch up without feeling I should be getting on with a lot of other chores. And of course I'm excused alpaca poo-collecting! And I'll try to blog more lol.