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This lovely little boy was born on saturday 15 July. He was lively and seemed great. However, within 3 days he'd become septic, and he died. I'd taken him to the local vet that morning thinking that he was just a bit slower, and they said that he was fine.... heart rate and beat good, temperature good - no obvious signs of problems. I decided to take him to the alpaca guru vet who is about an hour's drive away. They did blood tests and found that he was very septic, his liver was shutting down, and he was very sick. He died (probably of meningitis) that afternoon after plasma transfer, antibiotics, and other treatment. It was the last thing I expected when I picked him up in the morning. It was incredibly sad.
He was the only alpaca we had with a white face.