Lama Health

Lama Health

Our Experiences

March, 2003

Our gourgeous intact male llama, Silverado who has never been a big eater was not eating well at all. He isin a pasture and stall by himself, so he does not need to

compete for food.We called an area vet who takes care of several llamas in the area. He suggested trying a worming treatment.We treated him for all types of worms. After two weeks, it was apparent that this was not helping him.

So we took his temperature to see if he had a temperature. The digital reading

was 99.8 which is fine. If it had been 102 or more, we would have been concerned. We called our wonderful llama vet, Dr. Hunt and told him the situation. He immediately said it might be a tooth problem. He said that llamas and horses sometimes have a problem with their very back teeth. These teeth get very sharp like needles so it makes it hard to eat. So the animal will slowly eat less and less.

We took him there and sure enough Dr. Hunt was right. He filed the teeth down

but that only part of the problem. Because of the stress involved,our llama now has ulcers which we are treating with injections. He is slowly eating more and more, but it will be a long road to recovery.

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	Lama Health Our Experiences March, 2003 Our gourgeous intact male llama, Silverado who has never been a big eater was not eating well at all. He isin a pasture and stall by himself, so he does not need to compete for food.We called an area vet who takes care of several llamas in the area. He suggested trying a worming treatment.We treated him for all types of worms. After two weeks, it was apparent that this was not helping him. So we took his temperature to see if he had a temperature. The digital reading was 99.8 which is fine. If it had been 102 or more, we would have been concerned. We called our wonderful llama vet, Dr. Hunt and told him the situation. He immediately said it might be a tooth problem. He said that llamas and horses sometimes have a problem with their very back teeth. These teeth get very sharp like needles so it makes it hard to eat. So the animal will slowly eat less and less. We took him there and sure enough Dr. Hunt was right. He filed the teeth down but that only part of the problem. Because of the stress involved,our llama now has ulcers which we are treating with injections. He is slowly eating more and more, but it will be a long road to recovery.