What to Keep in your Llama First Aid Kit

Keeping essential medical supplies on hand will help you care for your llamas both in emergencies and daily activities. It is a good idea to keep a first aid kit in the barn or tack room as well as a smaller kit for your truck or trailer when you are hauling your llamas. A plastic tote a large bag can be useful for when you are traveling with your llamas.
This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a good start of suggested items and things we use most often. Depending on your area, certain medications may be needed more than others.

The following list, including links to purchase, will help you consider what to keep on hand.  

Toe trimmers - here's our blog post about the different types
Blu-kote - I prefer the spray version, for long lasting treatment of small nicks and wounds. 
Fly spray
Vet wrap
Thermometer 
Mister - for hot days
Spring loaded scissors
Scale - significant weight fluctuations can be an indicator something is up
Needles & syringes
Clippers or Shears - here's our blog post about the different types
Iodine
Blood stop powder
Stethoscope

Labor and Newborn Care
Lubricant
Navel clamps or dental floss - for tying off bleeding navels in newborn crias
Colostrum paste
Enema
Iodine for navel
BosE (prescription) and Vitamin A&D

Supplies for running fecal samples - getting quick results is essential and easier than you might think
​(we're working on a blog post with instructions)
​Microscope 
Glass slides & coverslips
Saline Solution
Fecalyzer plastic vials 

Medicines (Consult your veterinarian for the appropriate dosage and to dispense an appropriate volume of drug for your use)
Safeguard (or other dewormer for common parasites in your area)
Ivermectin (may be necessary for M-Worm prevention depending on your region)
Vitamin ADEB Gel (with probiotics)
Selenium & Vitamin E Gel - Useful if you live in a selenium deficient area
Probios- Useful for stressful times (parasites, transport, weaning)
Eye ointment - Terramycin 
Penicillin
Toltrazuril (Baycox) - for Coccidia treatment

By vet prescription only:
Banamine - for pain
Thiamine - for treating PEM

Here is a brochure on medical management from the ILA by Dr. Murray Fowler

For more information on llamas and their needs see our blog post on book recommendations here

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