Alpacas help
#16
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Or I could get my in laws to enquire if you're desperate. They're lovely things aren't they?
#17
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OMG, Timber. Now you've done it! Small child has just seen your photo of baby alpaca and is now insisting that we must get one one when we get to Oz.
I thought we got away lightly with just agreeing to a kitten.......
I thought we got away lightly with just agreeing to a kitten.......
#21
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When you get them please can you test whether they eat avocados? I'd love to get some but don't want them eating the profits
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before you jump all over me...
dont them things spit green sh1t from the front...?(thats a serious question)
dont them things spit green sh1t from the front...?(thats a serious question)
#26
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Alpacas are sweet, and shit little pre wrapped packages of lovliness.
Im not sure, i dont think they spit ( apart from the females ) but whats new !
#27
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I may be able to drive around to see if there's a phone number on the ad after work tonight. If there is, I'll pm you with it.
#28
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We are after 3 alpacas, have held off buying some for a year or 2.
Can anyone offer advice on or links to or contacts for, people they know, in QLD that can help us get our mitts on 3 baby alpacas ! please
Silialar to this ickle cutey just 2 hrs old . awwww
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/k...l_16_063pi.jpg
Can anyone offer advice on or links to or contacts for, people they know, in QLD that can help us get our mitts on 3 baby alpacas ! please
Silialar to this ickle cutey just 2 hrs old . awwww
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/k...l_16_063pi.jpg
Decide if you can cope with the yearly shearing too, can you find a shearer in your area as they are very scarce. We found that shearing isn't just a man coming to do it all for you, you end up doing a lot of hard work. Personally shearing is the biggest reason not to have any.
They do spit, but normally only at each other or if you try and touch a baby whilst it's mother is near by. If you do get spat at then its 2 showers minimum to get rid of the stink, a few days if they manage to spit in your ear or up your nose. never stand between 2 females at feeding time, thats a guaranteed flob in the ear.
Where to get some, try here http://www.alpacaseller.com/index.php?Country=Australia
you will also need to be able to castrate the males, give 5 in one injections and ADE injections. You could get a vet out to do it but it soon gets too expensive for that.
Toenails.... least said about that the better, apart from you do need to clip thier nails at least twice a year, and they don't like having it done. And I didn't like doing it.
Not much else to say except they most definately are not pets, they are probably the closest to a pet of any farm animal, but still you wont be having an intimate cuddle with one any time soon.
Hope this helps