Without a doubt, alpacas are beautiful to see, especially before they had their annual haircut - then they look like giant balls of fluff on four legs. But they are easy to maintain?
Alpacas belong to the camelid family and come in various sizes and colors. Although there are six different types of camelids, the two that we see, are used in agriculture alpaca, the Huacaya alpaca with its dense crimpy fleece, and the rarer suri with its elegant, silky fleece.
While some alpaca owners keep them purely as pets, they are excellent guard animals will do for sheep and chickens as Mr. Fox certainly stay away, while an alpaca in sight. However, most owners see their alpaca herd as an investment for their future and are alpaca breeders have alpacas for sale, turn the fine alpaca fleece and luxurious clothes or either sell on the alpaca yarn.
Alpacas belong to the camelid family and come in various sizes and colors. Although there are six different types of camelids, the two that we see, are used in agriculture alpaca, the Huacaya alpaca with its dense crimpy fleece, and the rarer suri with its elegant, silky fleece.
While some alpaca owners keep them purely as pets, they are excellent guard animals will do for sheep and chickens as Mr. Fox certainly stay away, while an alpaca in sight. However, most owners see their alpaca herd as an investment for their future and are alpaca breeders have alpacas for sale, turn the fine alpaca fleece and luxurious clothes or either sell on the alpaca yarn.
Like all other animals, alpacas need food, shelter, fencing, worming, injections, and they also have annual shearing. The only difference in their needs course, is that alpacas are much larger than many other breeds and it can give an injection, a member of the herd often two people easily.
Another thing to note is that alpacas have a common toilet - this is one of the flock will be used at the site and the others will choose to follow. The selected location will change but during the day! This of course makes cleaning very easy area, but it is also very necessary for alpaca waste is a very good source of fertilizer. The selected areas very quickly to the long green grasses but will not feed the alpacas there. It is important that these areas of the grass to be cut, so that the alpacas can feed back into the field.
Alpacas will surely give you many hours of enjoyment. Like sheep, they will follow you for food and quickly become your friend. You are watching the most fascinating of all animals and the time passed very quickly without you realizing it. You are pregnant for almost a year, and their babies (crias) are gorgeous.
So they are hard to keep? Their needs are the same as any other animal but be aware that you will probably need two people whenever you should need drugs or undertake routine tasks such as cutting an overgrown fringe. And do not forget to cut the grass and cleaning the box!
