I just saw my five-year-old doe have a crazy runny green poop....she is hale and healthy and cheerful, walking around, chewing her cud, popping her head through the dog door now and then....no symptoms at all other than the diarrhea. She hasn't had any food changes, although she might have gotten a little of the wheat I threw out to the chickens this morning....but she's nibbled on that before with no ill effects. It is crazy, crazy hot here....could that be causing it somehow?
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I think that COULD have done it. I have seen them listed as toxic, although some of them will eat them. I suspect that is why, when Deborah turned hers out in the garden, they didn't eat the tomatoes!
She COULD have gotten into the tomato plants....my son was letting her hang out on that side of the house yesterday. I'll be keeping a close eye on her. Thanks.
I'm not necessarily saying that is the exact problem with your doe because it sounds like the llama was quite sick. I'm just saying that sometimes the diet can change, and we don't know it. A farmer here told me that if the sheep or goats were to get into an alfalfa field after the first freeze, they'd get sick and could die because of the way it changes when it freezes.
If she seems otherwise healthy, I'd assume for the moment that she got into some kind of weird feed, weed, etc. If it continues for more than 24 hours, though, I'd probably take a fecal to the vet. Diarrhea when it is super hot outside is especially bad because of the risk of dehydration. If you are having drought conditions, your pasture could be going bad. I recently heard about a llama and some cattle that got sick from the grass in their pasture because of the drought. I should have paid closer attention, but I think the lady said that her vet told her that cyanide had built up in the grass because of the drought -- don't remember if it was Bermuda or Johnson grass or ...?