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Earthquake Photos →
This page has some remarkable photos of the Christchurch Earthquake
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Are you guys safe???
GANBATTE!
Are you guys safe???
GANBATTE!
January 2011
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September 2010
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August 2010
2 posts
Wednesday, 4th of August
Rule No. 1: Observe, observe, observe!!!!
As an alpaca owner you MUST use your eyes. Watch your animals. Watch their behaviour, their eyes, their gait, their poo. Any of these things may be the clue to alert you to something wrong.
Is one of your alpacas suddenly sitting down a lot? That could be an indication of a gut problem or a leg problem.
Has the quality or quantity of their poo changed...
July 2010
4 posts
Wednesday, July 28th
At Work:
An interesting piece of alpaca psychology- two young males had been sharing a paddock quite happily when suddenly the dynamic changed. One of the males began bullying the other unmercifully. This was not just the usual pecking order strife which can happen, this was vicious! The pecked-on male was starting to exhibit the start of behavioural problems so it was decided to separate...
Monday 26th July 2010
At work:
ADE injections for all cria. In winter the sunlight can be a little weak for alpacas so sometimes Vitamin D production is inadequate leading to poor bone growth and conformational defects ( legs bow in etc.). So to be on the safe side we give them injections of Vitamin D, A and E.
The boss also did a first look over of the cria (baby alpacas) from this season. There are many factors...
March 2010
5 posts
February 2010
5 posts
Yep, that's Typical :-)
So, at 12:30 Kerrie (my long-suffering love) starts yelling from the main paddock. I get out there to find that Taiko has given birth.
Now - we test Alpaca pregnancies by performing a spit-off. this means that 2 weeks and then 4 weeks after a mating the male and female are re-introduced. If she is pregnant the change in hormones causes her to spit at the male and be VERY unfriendly rather than...
Sunday - a day of rest....hah!
A typical “quiet” Sunday - get to sleep in till 9am. get up, throw down a protein shake, prepare a bottle of milk for one of our new cria who’s maiden mother hasn’t produced enough milk yet - he gets 300 mls. 3 times a day, am (usually 8), 5pm and 10-11pm to get him through the night. Let the new mums and babies out of the barn where we put them overnight if it looks like...
