Not the best of weeks. We had a phone all earlier in the week to say one of the alpacas we look after wasn't well and the vet wanted him to go to the Equine hospital at Liphook. We took him there with a companion and, despite lots of tests, they couldn't really find what was wrong with him and he was put to sleep. Another dash over at night to collect his companion, Honey and return her to the herd. They are doing a post mortem and, hopefully, will have some answers, Honey was not impressed with her trip out but was very pleased to get home.
Today, Sam helped me with the sheep as, despite how late in the year it is, there are still flies around and I was horrified to find a few maggots on one ewe last week. We have been lucky avoiding fly strike this year but it looks like we still need to be vigilant. Fly strike is about the worst thing with sheep but it is amazing how quickly they can recover.
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