ALPACA EATS
October 19th 2007 03:39
I was just having a think about what to write today and remembered I bought some Gran Mix for the alpacas the other day and clean forgot to get it out of the car.
It’s not a major issue. The car will just smell a bit like a grain silo for a while that’s all (it smells worse after we’ve had a pizza in there to be honest).
Gran Mix is a feed mixture developed for horses, but it’s like chocolate cake to alpacas. Our alpacas make do pretty well just on the pasture and plants we have on the property. We supplement the girls when they’re nursing crias, specially towards the end of winter. The pasture is very low then and the crias are close to weaning age so they can really make the girls lose condition. We give them a bit of grass hay in the wet months which I think helps all that wet stuff go through better.
Lucerne hay, lucerne chaff and Gran Mix are alpaca treats here. So are carrots, apples, leaves from the various edible trees around the place and raspberry leaves These tasty things are bribes, very useful for getting your alpacas on side (or at least into the shed/trailer).
Here are the girls enjoying some chopped up carrots. You chop it so they don't scoff it down in one go and choke themselves.
There’s always a head honcho in the group and I’ve got our leaders well trained. If you can get the leader’s attention with something yummy, you can have the whole herd running to where the food is. These creatures are very food oriented.
I’d better get the Gran Mix out of the car before I forget again. The stuff has molasses in it. The grains soak it up pretty well but it won't do much for the car's resale value if the molasses decides to ooze out into the car boot. I’ll have a look at the ingredients and do a write up about that next week.
It’s not a major issue. The car will just smell a bit like a grain silo for a while that’s all (it smells worse after we’ve had a pizza in there to be honest).
Gran Mix is a feed mixture developed for horses, but it’s like chocolate cake to alpacas. Our alpacas make do pretty well just on the pasture and plants we have on the property. We supplement the girls when they’re nursing crias, specially towards the end of winter. The pasture is very low then and the crias are close to weaning age so they can really make the girls lose condition. We give them a bit of grass hay in the wet months which I think helps all that wet stuff go through better.
Lucerne hay, lucerne chaff and Gran Mix are alpaca treats here. So are carrots, apples, leaves from the various edible trees around the place and raspberry leaves These tasty things are bribes, very useful for getting your alpacas on side (or at least into the shed/trailer).
Here are the girls enjoying some chopped up carrots. You chop it so they don't scoff it down in one go and choke themselves.
There’s always a head honcho in the group and I’ve got our leaders well trained. If you can get the leader’s attention with something yummy, you can have the whole herd running to where the food is. These creatures are very food oriented.
I’d better get the Gran Mix out of the car before I forget again. The stuff has molasses in it. The grains soak it up pretty well but it won't do much for the car's resale value if the molasses decides to ooze out into the car boot. I’ll have a look at the ingredients and do a write up about that next week.
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