This morning we were doing some Physio with Marrietta who was complaining loudly every time we lifted her. We lift her five or six times and make her stand for a few seconds until she flops back to the ground, this morning she was particularly reluctant to stand. As we were walking back up the field discussing what to do next etc etc, we got back to the field shelter put away the buckets and feed bag. Steve looked back at the Alpacas, Marietta was up or was it one of the other fawn girls standing in front of her, no it was definitely Marietta standing on her own. She stood for about five minutes before trying to walk, which she did rather unsteadily for several meters across the field and then started to graze before eventually collapsing back to the ground.
We were amazed, it will be two weeks tomorrow since she went down and we were beginning to wonder if she would ever get up again. We have been back to the field several times during the day and she has been moving about a bit, she is still very shaky getting back down but it is a big improvement.
The only trouble is we still don't know what it was that caused the problem in the first place or which of the treatments have made her improve, but I am so please she is.
On the pregnancy front we are still waiting for our next cria to be born, Ella is now 252 days, Cassini 245, Bramble and Carla are both 328 just got a feeling they may all be waiting for Devon County show week!
Well done with Marrietta!
ReplyDeleteHope she continues to improve.
That's great news.
ReplyDeleteI know how amazing it feels, I remember when Golden Guinea had his injury and was unable to stand. I never thought we'd see the day he stood again but with a lot of effort on his and our part he did and you'd never know anything was wrong.