[Alpacasite] Re: Question on Temperature Tolerance - Crias - coats

One word of caution, some dams will not tolerate a coat on their
baby. Case in point....we put a coat on a new cria that was born in
the beginning of October. It was very blustery and cold. So, we gave
mom back her baby with the coat on and the dam then proceeded to try
to stomp the coat, while it was still on her baby!! We ran out, took
the coat off and then all was fine. I had never washed the coat in
anything but plain water and let air dry in the barn, so it wouldn't
smell funny, but the mom HATED the thing. So, now we know....no cria
coats for her baby. Instead, we put a heating lamp in the one
corner, so the baby could curl up under it but mom could stay away
if she wanted (of course she wanted nothing to do with the
heat...lol). We use a chicken lamp so we know how hot it gets and
how high to set it up from the pacas.
So, if you do put a coat on, keep a close eye on mom, and the rest
of the herd, to make sure that the coat is acceptable.

Jeanne
Chaffee, NY

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "Jeannie Wells" <jeannie@b...>
wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> I have used a cria coat in situations like this. I would tend to
err on the
> side of caution. :)
>
> Jeannie Wells
> Wellspring Suri Alpacas, LLC
> <http://www.wellspringsurialpacas.com/>
> http://www.WellspringSuriAlpacas.com
> 210-698-8018
> Boerne, Texas
> Also on AlpacaNation:
> http://www.alpacanation.com/farmsandbreeders/03_viewfarm.asp?
name=11752
>
>
> What we see depends mainly on what we look for. --- John Lubbock

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