Ping began limping, holding her front left leg off the ground. We couldn't find anything obviously wrong and presumed it to be a muscle strain, caused by a slip on the ice. She was dosed with Arnica 200x homeopathically and sent back to the herd.
A few days later the limp had not improved and on further examination a slight swelling in the humorous was found, indicating a possible hairline fracture. With no bone movement and obvious issues, the leg was splinted and stabilized.
Two days later the entire leg had swollen. She was duly plonked on the back seat of the pick-up and she endured the long trek into town to see the vet for an X-ray.
Not good. Further X-rays taken the following day revealed that she had apparently broken the leg some time ago and the break had not healed properly. Excessive bone deposits had sequestered the broken section and left the poor little Cria with bone necrosis and a very serious infection.
The prognosis from our friends at the College of veterinary medicine at the University of Saskatchewan was no better than zero. Neither surgery nor amputation would put Ping back on the rails.
She was prescribed heavy doses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs and we brought her home to work on her with the most powerful medicine of all - homeopathy. If Samuel Hahnemann can't bring her back then no-one can.
Ping is now on a closely monitored regime of calcarea phosphorica to remove the bone sequestration and bring the leg back into normality.
Needless to say, Ping spends a lot of time with the one Llama that knows about this kind of thing - Bella.
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