One of our girls has a vaginal prolapse. Chas has shoved it back in a couple of times but it keeps coming out so a vet was required. A new one tipped up bearing a large bag of saline and a primed syringe to give her an epidural. Clients fall back in surprise and say no, no, just put a ring stitch in. Vet obeys, the alpaca stood perfectly still and hardly flinched until the job was done. Vet then reveals that in the past he has had more trouble getting the epidural done than just stitching the animal as today. This is the way our normal vet did it last year to a different girl and all was well. There is little as satisfying as persuading a vet that the simplest route is better. All we have to do now is make sure we are on hand when she starts to birth to untie the bow. Her bottom is a lovely shade of blue now as we have sprayed her with anti-fly stuff. Suddenly there are a lot of flies and the animals are stamping their feet and shaking their heads to get rid of them. Humans are doing the same.
The other human in this office, Chas, still has the most horrendous hay fever and has to throw cold water at his eyes after a particularly violent bout of sneezing. The pills do not appear to be working that well and the noise is horrendous. Explosive times.
Jacquie –
Hi Rach
Has Chas tried using Becanase Nasal Spray. Peter gets bad hay fever but this helps a lot, especially if you start before the worst of the symptoms start. He also uses Otrivine eye drops when the eyes get itchy and just resorts to pills for the really horrendous days.