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MY FIRST Unusual Cria Birth!
Griffonwood would like to share these photos in the hopes that a new
person may be able to learn from them. For the experienced pro's this is
nothing you want to read! but if it helps one person, a good thing shared!
For a vet, or my husband Bill, who seems to handle all with calmness and
some experience, this is no big deal. For me, a milestone!!
PRIOR HAPPENINGS. (CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL BROKERED MOTHER.)
1. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FEMALES DUE DATE ENGRAVED IN YOUR
HEART AND ARE EXPECTING THE CRIA. LACTATION SUPPLEMENT (1 MONTH
PRIOR ) CDT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO BIRTH!
2. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR MILK BAGS TO COME INTO BEING.
3. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR HUMMING, SECLUSION OR SEGREGATION FROM THE
GROUP. AND FOR MORE GOING TO THE POOP PILES.
*THEN YOU MIGHT SEE OTHERS WATCHING HER, OR HER GOING UP AND THEN
DOWN (VERY UNCOMFORTABLE), BACK TO POOP PILE. IF YOU SEE HER LOOK
BEHIND TO "SEE WHAT DROPPED" BE WATCHING HER CLOSE. When I saw this
All unfolding, I called for my son, Dan, his friend Bruce, and Robert for shooting
some pictures, and our foster son, Joe (who dries off the babies for support.
4. IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PICTURES YOU SEE THE BULGING AREA AND SHE
MAY BE HUMMING MORE, GOING UP AND DOWN, OR SLIGHTLY DIGGING IN THE
DIRT OR LEAVES.
5. SHE HAS STARTED CONTRACTING: NOSE SHOWS .WE WAIT (THE NOSE IS
USUALLY COVERED WITH A FILM AND SOMETIMES THE CRIAS NOSTRILS ARE
SHOWING). ALL OTHER BABIES THE LEGS JUST FOLLOWED SO EASILY IT
SEEMED.
6. WE WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND WATCH FOR FEET TO APPEAR. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE, THE FEET DID NOT APPEAR! HEAD COMING FORWARD AND
SHE IS GETTING LOUDER IN DISCOMFORT. NOSE OUT, BREATHING, FLARING
NOSTRILS!
7. PICTURES DO NOT SHOW OUR "GOING IN" COVERED HER AREA WITH A
GERMICIDE OR DISINFECTANT/ REMOVED OUR WATCH AND RINGS, WASHED
HANDS, GERMICIDE LAST. (IF NEAR THE BARN, WE WOULD HAVE SLIPPED ON
OUR PLASTIC SLEEVE AND RUBBER GLOVES) BUT TODAY NO REAL TIME. WE
WERE EXPECTING TO SEE THE FEET ANY SECOND, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME.
8. ENTERED, AND YOU FEEL PRESSURE ON YOUR ARM, SOMEONE HOLDING THE
MOTHER. I GENTLY PUSHED THE BABIES HEAD BACK IN, MOVED UNDER THE
BABIES HEAD, WHILE THE MOTHER MADE A FEW LOUDER HUMS WHILE I
LOCATED THE LEGS. Found knees- BENT BACK! CUPPED MY HAND OVER THE
FEED AND PRAYING WHILE MOVING NOT TO SLOW ………..STRAIGHTENED. (THEY
ARE VERY SLIPPERY OF COURSE. USING COMMON SENSE - YOU DO HAVE THE
ANKLE WHICH IS THE THICKER PART TO HOLD ON TO. GOD COVERS THE LITTLE
PRECIOUS FEET WITH LIKE A RUBBER COATING SO THE NAILS DON'T
PENETRATE HER UTERUS NATURALLY, BUT ON YOU ASSISTING AND FLIPPING
THOSE FEET FORWARD, YOU NEED TO COVER THE NAIL IN THE PALM OF YOUR
HAND. SADLY, I ONLY BROUGHT OUT ONE FOOT, BUT BRUCE WAS RIGHT THERE
SPREADING MORE LUBRICANT ON THAT HAND TO GO BACK IN AND SHORT
DISTANCE TO FIND AND GRAB THE OTHER. THE HEAD THEN POPPED OUT
EASILY THEN TOO, "THANK YOU GOD".
9. CANOA DID MOST OF THE REST. BUT WE HELPED MOVE THE BABY THROUGH
AS SHE HAD A CONTRACTION AS SHE WAS MOANING LOUDLY.
9. THE MOTHER NEVER GOT UP DURING THE BIRTH. WE TALKED AS CALMLY AS
WE COULD. Some of it being to GOD! AFTER CANOA DID NOT ARISE AND
BECAUSE OF HER LAYING THERE SO LONG THE CRIA DID TOO. HE WAS
BREATHING FINE, SAW HE WAS A BOY BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND CLEANED HIS
NAVAL. REPLACED DIRTY TOWELS (SHE PICKED THE DIRTIEST SPOT TO HAVE IT)
AND PUT THEM PARTIALLY ON AN OLD BUT CLEAN BEDSPREAD.
10. JOE (OUR FOSTER SON) MOVED IN TO DRY THE BABY AND WE MOVED BACK
FOR BONDING TIME. WHILE WE HAD HER THERE, DAN GOT A WARM WASH
CLOTH AND REMOVED THE LITTLE PLUG ON HER NIPPLES SO THE CRIA COULD
GET CHOLOSTRUM. (it feels like pine sap, it is sooo sticky).
AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE DID A BODY CHECK, SAW HE WAS A BOY AND
VERY BEAUTIFUL, "LONG LASHES", AND CLEANED HIS NAVAL AND LITTLE
MASSAGE ON THE BABY, TO WELCOME HIM INTO THIS WORLD. AND SO HE HAD
A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE WITH THE HUMAN HAND WITH
KINDNESS. AND AGAIN THANKED GOD FOR HELPING US THRU THIS WITH A
HAPPY ENDING. MOVED BACK AGAIN FOR CANOA AND HER BABY TO BOND,
TOUCH NOSES AND GREET EACH OTHER, HAVE TIME.
11. CANOA STOOD FOR A MOMENT AND WHEN THE AFTERBIRTH STARTED SHE
SAT DOWN (DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER MOTHERS). IT WAS HALF IN AND HALF
OUT LAYING UNDERNEATH HER, WHERE USUALLY IT JUST RELEASES TOTALLY.
12. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF HER JUST STAYING DOWN. I PICKED UP HER BABY TO
WEIGH HIM CALLING HIM "SMOKIN JOE". WHEN I STOOD WITH THE BABY, SHE
STOOD UP TOO, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND I WAITED THERE
FOR 23 MORE MINUTES FOR HER TO PASS THE AFTERBIRTH AND THEN WE ALL
WALKED TO WEIGH THE CRIA.
13. CANOA DID NOT NEED A HALTER TO GO TO THE SCALES, YOUR MOTHER'S
WILL FOLLOW WHERE YOU WALK WITH THE CRIA. WEIGH IN, WALKED THEM TO
A SMALLER PLACE FOR JUST THE "2 OF THEM" AND WATCHED FOR HOURS FROM
A DISTANCE.
SHORT NOTES: WATCHING FOR BABY TO TRY TO STAND, MOTHER AND BABY
BONDING, WATCHING FOR THE BABY TO SHOWS SIGNS OF HUNGER, AND
WATCH THE MOTHER EVER SO PATIENTLY TRY TO HELP HER BABY FIND THE
FOOD! SHE PUSHES OR BREATHES AT THEIR TAIL AREA. AND IT SEEMS THAT
THE BABIES PUT THEIR TAILS STRAIGHT UP AS THEY GET THEIR FIRST SIPS. THAT,
SUCKING SOUNDS, AND A MILK MOUSTACHE ARE GREAT THINGS TO SEE.
YOUR MEDICAL BOOKS WILL HELP YOU DO THE REST. REMEMBER, ONLY 5% OF
BIRTHS ARE DISTOCIAS (ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY). AND THAT MOST
ARE BORN DURING DAY LIGHT, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE CRIAS
TO BE WALKING, DRINKING, AND POSSIBLY RUNNING BY NIGHT TIME. THEY
SURELY KNOW WHO THEIR MOTHER IS BY THEN AND WILL USUALLY BE
CUSHED BESIDE HER.
CHECK WITH YOUR VETS FOR AFTERCARE IF YOU HAD TO "INVADE THE
BIRTHING AREA" FOR THE CARE OF YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE MAY
NEED BANAMINE (ASPIRIN, OR A GOOD CLEANSING, OR A CHECK UP)! YOUR
MOTHER IS AS IMPORTANT AS HER BABY, AS SHE WILL BE THE SOLE PROVIDER
OF CARE FOR HER CRIA IF THINGS GO RIGHT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
WONDERFUL THINGS TO SEE SOMETHING "GOOD COMING INTO THE WORLD". WE
LOVE ALPACAS AND IF YOU HAVE MET SOME, YOU WILL TOO!
AS CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL GREY AND WHITE FEMALE, IS A FRIEND OF MINE - I
THANK HER FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND ALLOWING ME TO TRY TO HELP HER
AND "SMOKIN JOE". IT IS A MOMENT I WILL CHERISH FOREVER.
SHERRY
Griffonwood would like to share these photos in the hopes that a new
person may be able to learn from them. For the experienced pro's this is
nothing you want to read! but if it helps one person, a good thing shared!
For a vet, or my husband Bill, who seems to handle all with calmness and
some experience, this is no big deal. For me, a milestone!!
PRIOR HAPPENINGS. (CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL BROKERED MOTHER.)
1. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FEMALES DUE DATE ENGRAVED IN YOUR
HEART AND ARE EXPECTING THE CRIA. LACTATION SUPPLEMENT (1 MONTH
PRIOR ) CDT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO BIRTH!
2. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR MILK BAGS TO COME INTO BEING.
3. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR HUMMING, SECLUSION OR SEGREGATION FROM THE
GROUP. AND FOR MORE GOING TO THE POOP PILES.
*THEN YOU MIGHT SEE OTHERS WATCHING HER, OR HER GOING UP AND THEN
DOWN (VERY UNCOMFORTABLE), BACK TO POOP PILE. IF YOU SEE HER LOOK
BEHIND TO "SEE WHAT DROPPED" BE WATCHING HER CLOSE. When I saw this
All unfolding, I called for my son, Dan, his friend Bruce, and Robert for shooting
some pictures, and our foster son, Joe (who dries off the babies for support.
4. IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PICTURES YOU SEE THE BULGING AREA AND SHE
MAY BE HUMMING MORE, GOING UP AND DOWN, OR SLIGHTLY DIGGING IN THE
DIRT OR LEAVES.
5. SHE HAS STARTED CONTRACTING: NOSE SHOWS .WE WAIT (THE NOSE IS
USUALLY COVERED WITH A FILM AND SOMETIMES THE CRIAS NOSTRILS ARE
SHOWING). ALL OTHER BABIES THE LEGS JUST FOLLOWED SO EASILY IT
SEEMED.
6. WE WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND WATCH FOR FEET TO APPEAR. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE, THE FEET DID NOT APPEAR! HEAD COMING FORWARD AND
SHE IS GETTING LOUDER IN DISCOMFORT. NOSE OUT, BREATHING, FLARING
NOSTRILS!
7. PICTURES DO NOT SHOW OUR "GOING IN" COVERED HER AREA WITH A
GERMICIDE OR DISINFECTANT/ REMOVED OUR WATCH AND RINGS, WASHED
HANDS, GERMICIDE LAST. (IF NEAR THE BARN, WE WOULD HAVE SLIPPED ON
OUR PLASTIC SLEEVE AND RUBBER GLOVES) BUT TODAY NO REAL TIME. WE
WERE EXPECTING TO SEE THE FEET ANY SECOND, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME.
8. ENTERED, AND YOU FEEL PRESSURE ON YOUR ARM, SOMEONE HOLDING THE
MOTHER. I GENTLY PUSHED THE BABIES HEAD BACK IN, MOVED UNDER THE
BABIES HEAD, WHILE THE MOTHER MADE A FEW LOUDER HUMS WHILE I
LOCATED THE LEGS. Found knees- BENT BACK! CUPPED MY HAND OVER THE
FEED AND PRAYING WHILE MOVING NOT TO SLOW ………..STRAIGHTENED. (THEY
ARE VERY SLIPPERY OF COURSE. USING COMMON SENSE - YOU DO HAVE THE
ANKLE WHICH IS THE THICKER PART TO HOLD ON TO. GOD COVERS THE LITTLE
PRECIOUS FEET WITH LIKE A RUBBER COATING SO THE NAILS DON'T
PENETRATE HER UTERUS NATURALLY, BUT ON YOU ASSISTING AND FLIPPING
THOSE FEET FORWARD, YOU NEED TO COVER THE NAIL IN THE PALM OF YOUR
HAND. SADLY, I ONLY BROUGHT OUT ONE FOOT, BUT BRUCE WAS RIGHT THERE
SPREADING MORE LUBRICANT ON THAT HAND TO GO BACK IN AND SHORT
DISTANCE TO FIND AND GRAB THE OTHER. THE HEAD THEN POPPED OUT
EASILY THEN TOO, "THANK YOU GOD".
9. CANOA DID MOST OF THE REST. BUT WE HELPED MOVE THE BABY THROUGH
AS SHE HAD A CONTRACTION AS SHE WAS MOANING LOUDLY.
9. THE MOTHER NEVER GOT UP DURING THE BIRTH. WE TALKED AS CALMLY AS
WE COULD. Some of it being to GOD! AFTER CANOA DID NOT ARISE AND
BECAUSE OF HER LAYING THERE SO LONG THE CRIA DID TOO. HE WAS
BREATHING FINE, SAW HE WAS A BOY BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND CLEANED HIS
NAVAL. REPLACED DIRTY TOWELS (SHE PICKED THE DIRTIEST SPOT TO HAVE IT)
AND PUT THEM PARTIALLY ON AN OLD BUT CLEAN BEDSPREAD.
10. JOE (OUR FOSTER SON) MOVED IN TO DRY THE BABY AND WE MOVED BACK
FOR BONDING TIME. WHILE WE HAD HER THERE, DAN GOT A WARM WASH
CLOTH AND REMOVED THE LITTLE PLUG ON HER NIPPLES SO THE CRIA COULD
GET CHOLOSTRUM. (it feels like pine sap, it is sooo sticky).
AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE DID A BODY CHECK, SAW HE WAS A BOY AND
VERY BEAUTIFUL, "LONG LASHES", AND CLEANED HIS NAVAL AND LITTLE
MASSAGE ON THE BABY, TO WELCOME HIM INTO THIS WORLD. AND SO HE HAD
A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE WITH THE HUMAN HAND WITH
KINDNESS. AND AGAIN THANKED GOD FOR HELPING US THRU THIS WITH A
HAPPY ENDING. MOVED BACK AGAIN FOR CANOA AND HER BABY TO BOND,
TOUCH NOSES AND GREET EACH OTHER, HAVE TIME.
11. CANOA STOOD FOR A MOMENT AND WHEN THE AFTERBIRTH STARTED SHE
SAT DOWN (DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER MOTHERS). IT WAS HALF IN AND HALF
OUT LAYING UNDERNEATH HER, WHERE USUALLY IT JUST RELEASES TOTALLY.
12. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF HER JUST STAYING DOWN. I PICKED UP HER BABY TO
WEIGH HIM CALLING HIM "SMOKIN JOE". WHEN I STOOD WITH THE BABY, SHE
STOOD UP TOO, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND I WAITED THERE
FOR 23 MORE MINUTES FOR HER TO PASS THE AFTERBIRTH AND THEN WE ALL
WALKED TO WEIGH THE CRIA.
13. CANOA DID NOT NEED A HALTER TO GO TO THE SCALES, YOUR MOTHER'S
WILL FOLLOW WHERE YOU WALK WITH THE CRIA. WEIGH IN, WALKED THEM TO
A SMALLER PLACE FOR JUST THE "2 OF THEM" AND WATCHED FOR HOURS FROM
A DISTANCE.
SHORT NOTES: WATCHING FOR BABY TO TRY TO STAND, MOTHER AND BABY
BONDING, WATCHING FOR THE BABY TO SHOWS SIGNS OF HUNGER, AND
WATCH THE MOTHER EVER SO PATIENTLY TRY TO HELP HER BABY FIND THE
FOOD! SHE PUSHES OR BREATHES AT THEIR TAIL AREA. AND IT SEEMS THAT
THE BABIES PUT THEIR TAILS STRAIGHT UP AS THEY GET THEIR FIRST SIPS. THAT,
SUCKING SOUNDS, AND A MILK MOUSTACHE ARE GREAT THINGS TO SEE.
YOUR MEDICAL BOOKS WILL HELP YOU DO THE REST. REMEMBER, ONLY 5% OF
BIRTHS ARE DISTOCIAS (ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY). AND THAT MOST
ARE BORN DURING DAY LIGHT, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE CRIAS
TO BE WALKING, DRINKING, AND POSSIBLY RUNNING BY NIGHT TIME. THEY
SURELY KNOW WHO THEIR MOTHER IS BY THEN AND WILL USUALLY BE
CUSHED BESIDE HER.
CHECK WITH YOUR VETS FOR AFTERCARE IF YOU HAD TO "INVADE THE
BIRTHING AREA" FOR THE CARE OF YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE MAY
NEED BANAMINE (ASPIRIN, OR A GOOD CLEANSING, OR A CHECK UP)! YOUR
MOTHER IS AS IMPORTANT AS HER BABY, AS SHE WILL BE THE SOLE PROVIDER
OF CARE FOR HER CRIA IF THINGS GO RIGHT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
WONDERFUL THINGS TO SEE SOMETHING "GOOD COMING INTO THE WORLD". WE
LOVE ALPACAS AND IF YOU HAVE MET SOME, YOU WILL TOO!
AS CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL GREY AND WHITE FEMALE, IS A FRIEND OF MINE - I
THANK HER FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND ALLOWING ME TO TRY TO HELP HER
AND "SMOKIN JOE". IT IS A MOMENT I WILL CHERISH FOREVER.
SHERRY
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