How do I feed a llama water that is not thirsty but it is suffering from dehydration?

Question

it is at the vet and im very sad

Answer 1

Hmm dont know much about llama's but it sounds like you may need to go to extremes by inserting a tube in it and forcing the water.

Answer 2

Usually with dehydration a vet will rehydrate using IV's. At home with one of my goats we had to put a plastic tube into their first stomach and give water that way. This is very difficult to do and one can easily drown the animal by getting tube into the airway and not the stomach. We still ended up loosing the goat in the end. He had eaten ink berry/poke berry after his sister had died three months earlier to the day. I swear he committed suicide from grief. It was on the neighbors property and he pushed the fence apart to get at it. Until that day he'd never bothered the poisonous plant.

Answer 3

If your llama is refusing to drink and is dehydrated its best bet is having an IV placed. A temporary needle (called an intravenous catheter) is placed in a vein and fluids are given through this needle. IV fluids are administered when an animal is sick (I.e. vomiting and/or has diarrhea), has gone without food and/or water for a prolonged period of time (or has gone without and will not be eating soon), and/or is in shock. I would not recommend "forcing" it to drink unless you've been trained (preferably by a Veterinary or a Veterinary Technician) on how to do it properly. If the forced liquids go down the trachea (AKA "windpipe") instead of the the esophagus, your pet can develop aspiration pneumonia (which is pneumonia brought on by liquids entering the lungs). If your animal is sick enough that your considering "forcing" it to drink and/or it has gone without fluids and/or food for a prolonged period of time, giving fluids per os (which mean by mouth) is not going to help anyway (in essence the fluids will go right through him/her). The fluids would need to be re-balanced via an IV catheter.

Answer 4

I once found a kitten out in the desert and it was dehydrated. It drank the water i gave it, but went into shock. You should have the vet put in an IV

Answer 5

If it is at the Vet , then they are handling the feeding but if it was home, then I would put the salt lick out.
Most animals need that , then they should drink unless there is another issue , in which case forcing water won't help.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

if it is at the vet, I am sure an IV will work...
but for future reference, force feeding will keep it from dehydrating if it refuses to drink

I hope this helps...

Answer 8

you probably need to have subQ fluids so call a vet