by David | Jan 14, 2015 | Broken Bones, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Llama Health, Llama Video
On December 17th I wrote about Coco, who broke her leg in a fall on the icy ground. The initial prognosis was not good and several veterinarians did not believe that healing was possible in such a large animal and recommended immediate ‘euthanasia,’ a...
by David | Dec 17, 2014 | Broken Bones, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Llama Health
Daily interaction with animals can bring huge rewards. To learn to communicate with and develop relationships with our brothers and sisters of the animal kingdom provides countless opportunities for personal growth, and we like to believe that animals are also able to...
by David | Aug 27, 2014 | Death & Dying, Elderly Llamas, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Llama Health, Paralysis, Stroke
Helplessness & Miracles Have you ever experienced that feeling of total helplessness in the presence of suffering? Whether the sufferer is a friend, a family member, a stranger or an animal, witnessing pain in another, without being able to alleviate it, can...
by David | May 23, 2014 | Aggression, Baby Llamas, Emotions & Feelings in Animals, Homoeopathy & Camelids
Llamas are amazingly resilient creatures and that resilience extends to the entire process of birthing. Once in a while though, we are challenged with an abnormality or health problem with the mother or the cria and this week we encountered a really unusual...
by David | Jan 7, 2014 | Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Lactating Mothers
As anyone who works with animals will tell you, there are never enough hours in the day! Severe weather adds to the workload, with each of the llamas and alpacas requiring extra food in the form of oats, alfalfa cubes or Text ration. The sick, the elderly, the...
by David | Dec 6, 2012 | Baby Llamas, Broken Bones, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Llama Diseases, Llama Health, Uncategorized
….continued from Part 1 of The Many Woes of Ping Unfortunately, Pings ears didn’t fare as well as her lungs. The upper 4 inches of each ear was so badly frozen, they never recovered. The ears cracked and bled and our repeated attempts to create hats and...
