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My second little alpaca seems to have an issue with the winter. Last Saturday when I went to feed early in the morning he was laying sideways and did not want to get up. His hind legs did not seem to function. We immediately grabbed him and drove to the Vet. She checked him out (by the time we...

We had our first cria born on the ranch this morning. He was a little hasty and was born in the cold morning hours. It took us a while until we discovered him. After two hours with the blow dryer he was up and running. Seems to be nursing as well by now. He is exactly 12 pounds. The mother is...

One of my alpacas seems to have an eye infection. Her left eye seems a little swollen and there is definitely clear discharge visible down her cheek. I don't want anybody else to get it also. What is the treatment for this? :hu

We bread one of our alpacas 7 days ago. Today we tested her. She went down right away but then she screamed! Not snorting or anything like that. She screamed a really shrill scream. I took her out because to the novice ear this sounded rather painful (I could be totally wrong but it was just...

Karen, just wanted to let you know that I did accquire the female I wanted and then some :D here is a pic of my new girls :love

We will be adding an alpaca to our two llamas. I am thinking I should feed them in separate stalls for a couple of weeks. Can they later be permanently kept together even during feeding?

We started working with our two llamas. We put the halter on and then take one at a time for a little walk through the corral. That works really well with the 12 year old who had obviously previous training. She knows the command "follow" and only requires a little tugging every now and then...

I am looking into getting a couple of Alpaca females that I could breed. I am new to this and totally overwhelmed by all the different lines. Everybody claims their Alpacas are from a "great" line (Sire blabla, Dam blabla) How do I figure this out? Is there a list somewhere that tells me which...

Hi there, We picked up two llamas this weekend that needed a new place to live. We called thme Moonstone (12, mother) and Jasper (10, daughter). We are very excited. We lack experience with camelids but have had horses for ages and I also have tons of experience with sheep, goats, and milk cows...