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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:54
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:49
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:48
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Then There Were Six

June 19th 2011 21:46
Farewelled three more pacas. Cappy, Bob and Peter Pan have all gone to live in Perth. That's Perth, Tasmania, not Perth, Western Australia.
alpacas, selling, herd animals
Cappy, Bob & Peter Pan


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All In

April 25th 2011 06:28
We had our stud sire, Cappy, castrated (or wethered, gelded, snipped - whatever term you like to use for it) a while back.
Cappy Alpaca
Cappy Alpaca

When you castrate an alpaca, it generally takes at least 2-3 months for the testosterone to settle and for the alpaca to be infertile. During this time, it's best to keep the boy separate from the girls. If allowed to run with the girls, he will continue to harass them - and you may well end up with some unexpected babies


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Had the snip

December 28th 2010 21:17
Well, our two remaining 'boys' have have their little operation and are now what's called in the industry here as 'wethers'.

It's the same term as used in the sheep industry, a castrated male animal


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Staggers?

September 6th 2010 03:38
We have a little guy here at the moment bobbing his head around like a puppet on a string. He's also very wobbly in the legs and falls over a lot.

alpaca

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We have a small problem. Actually, I'm not sure that it is a problem, just something I haven't come across before and I guess the alpacas will sort it out themselves.

Ol' Bob nursing two weanlings
Ol' Bob nursing two weanlings

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Rain, Glorious Rain - Mud, Mud, Mud

August 9th 2009 07:04
It's wet! By Jove it - is - wet! Now, we're in a pretty lush area, there's no question about that, with plenty of all-year streams, dams and springs that never ever dry up. But this winter has been unbelievable.

The first rains were wonderful. They sprinkled water down which ran across the dry paddocks and down the creeks. They even started to fill the tanks


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There’s not much that’s bad about having alpacas. OK, picking up alpaca poo is a bit of a chore, but that can all go on the garden and it grows lovely plants and veggies for you.

Shearing day is pretty arduous and can leave you feeling stiff and sore from man person handling pacas and sorting all that fleece (particularly if you’re a bit of a sloth who doesn’t do much exercise


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