Thank you.
Toni Johnson of Alsea Bay Llama Rescue
Waldport, Oregon
Mike:
Thank you for the Witches Brew recipe. For several years, I battled a skin problem with one of my elderly llamas. Our vet did a skin scraping and found nothing, but I was convinced all the symptoms were mites. Even though the test results came back negative we treated her for mites with limited success. Last summer she had another outbreak and we took her to Oregon State Vet Hospital. They found mites but not on the outbreak spots. They found them when they did a scraping BETWEEN her toes. The vet recommended shearing her and using Athroban. Big waste of time, money, and stress on the animal. I then tried a course of Ivermectin injectable 3 times - 2 weeks apart. That cleared all areas on her skin except the belly area. Your concoction is the only thing that impacts the outbreak on her belly.
Your info on mites is so important. One thing most owners aren't aware of is just how dangerous mites can be to the health of llamas and alpacas. I have an acquaintance that one of her llamas died because of the severity of the mite infestation. The vet had done 2 separate scrapings and found no mites, but the necropsy showed a huge mite infestation.
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