nails/deworming WITHOUT help

[Ownedby3alpacas]

It IS possible to do that!! I just walked out and put my boys in the catch pen and injected the ivermectin AND trimmed their toenails...well, just the front ones. I will have to figure out how to do the back ones some other time.
I've never even attempted this before, I just always had my dad hold them still (a wrestling match!). But we haven't done it recently (and it's been warm so I really wanted to make sure they got the ivermectin) so I just went ahead and tried. I think I'm still in shock that it worked as well as it did.

 

[ksalvagno]

Absolutely you can do it on your own. If you can get a chute, it would make it easy. Also putting panels in a triangle and somehow put a butt board behind them so they can't scoot back works too.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Good for you! I know that feeling..."did I really just trim, give a shot, shear, ect...without any murder?"

I had a chute a while ago, but it was one that needed to be screwed to the floor to make it secure. I didn't have a place to do that and, after it was almost flipped on me a couple times, I changed practices. What I now do is simply tie the animal to a tree, fence, anything solid, and put a towel over its head. This seems to calm them down. The llama/alpaca can't see to kick or struggle (as much), it also can't see to spit. even if it does spit, you won't get hit and the animal is essentially spitting in its own face. It ends up being a win-win. For me because I don't get bruised and covered in stinky slime and the job gets done faster. For the animal because they get the treatment (ie. a haircut, pedicure, shots) that they need and they don't stress as much.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

i do mine alone all the time. I find that if I have someone they are not accustomed to (to help), it actually makes it worse. When it just me, they are much calmer and willing to let me do what i need to do.

 

[HankTheTank]

If you die trimming Lukes nails......can I have Desmond?!

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

If you die trimming Lukes nails......can I have Desmond?!

You are in school!! Get off BYH!! And sure, If Luke kills me, Desi can go be Hank's alpaca.