Then, the next day her ears began to droop, and droop, and droop. She wasn't droopy, in fact she was as spry as you'd ever want a cria to be, with straight legs and a good appetite. We have had very slightly droopy ears before, and a variety of other aberrations of the ears on crias. Sometimes their ears are a bit "inside out" for a while from the way they've laid in the womb, and we have had to tape them the correct way for a week or so and then they're fine. This one was different, and I became concerned that perhaps her ears had been frostbitten following birth.
We debated about taping the ears, but within a week they were looking like this- 99% normal, and now 100% normal!
All's well that ends well, and I've thought that perhaps those rather canine-looking ears are just and indication of future greatness!
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Sometimes during the birth process there is compression of a cervical nerve resulting in a temporary palsy of the ear (occasionally the eyelid or lip as well) As long as the issue starts to correct we just offer support (occasionally using tampons as props for the ears) until all is well. Adorable!
Thank god the feminine product augmentation didn't have to happen. I'd rather go through life as a Puppy-Paca than a Tampon-Topper any day.
You are too funny, Marti, what a vision! (We have actually used tampons for this, though, and none have been warped for life or anything). Interesting comment, Dar. We have had some "dummy" crias before (slow to nurse, etc. from a difficult birth), but I'm not so sure this was a birthing issue as all of our floppy ears can be attributed to one sire! Again, all have straightened up on their own. Strange...
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