Paca Porridge-
One tablet of
Rumex, cut in half with a sharp knife.
Use half the tablet in the morning porridge, and the other half tablet
in the evening porridge. This boosts the
activity in the digestive tract – more effective than Fastrack in alpacas not
passing urine/feces.
Dissolve
one-half Rumex tablet in one ounce of very warm water in blender.
Let it stand
for about fifteen minutes, then blend a bit to help it dissolve.
Add 1 cup
pellets – calf manna pellets
-- or Equine Senior horse pellets are very
good.
-- or any pellet that is at least 18% protein.
Pour about
2.5 cups of hot water over pellets and let stand several more minutes so that the pellets soften.
Blend a bit.
Add one cup
rolled oats.
Blend a bit
more.
Keep adding
hot water so that consistency stays like thick porridge.
Add 1
tablespoon of ketamalt.
Add 2
tablespoonsful of molasses.
Add 2
teaspoonsful of baking soda.
Add 2
teaspoonsful of Red Cell or Liquid 747 (horse vitamins)
Mix all in
blender. This formula should be thick enough that it’s like a thick pancake
batter. If it’s too runny, it’s hard to
administer.
Feed to sick
alpaca with a plastic turkey baster. You
will have to make the opening in the end of the turkey baster larger, by
cutting a bit off the pointy end. We did
this with our Dremel drill. Always have
a spare plastic turkey baster on hand, in case of emergency.
It takes some
time for the digestive tract to adjust, if this girl has not been eating much
for an extended period of time. So - -
GO SLOW - - don’t rush her into eating too much too soon.
It will be a
2-person job to feed her at least the first few times, until she figures out
what you are doing. One person holds the
porridge and the alpaca. The other
person operates the turkey baster.
It works!
Please share this with other breeders who at some point may need to feed their alpacas...good luck.
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