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Jim, our llama, just died.

Last night we noticed he was not feeling well (lagging the herd), and scouring. We drenched him, and put him up in the glen paddock where I could keep an eye on him. He was moving around, but not really eating. At about 12:45 he went down to the water trough, sniffed at the water trough, then kushed down and started rolling. A few minutes later he was groaning. His tounge was grey, and his membranes pale. Not a good sign. A few minutes after that he died.

Julia will come and do the post mortem exam after her clinic closes. I have him covered until then.

Beyond shock. Just numb. Need to get a neighbor with a digger to dig his grave, and move his body up to the graveyard. He is way to big and fat for us to move on our own, especially as he died at the lowest point in the paddock.