[Alpacasite] Re: Showing Juveniles without removal of amniotic cria fleece

Here's a question.

Attended a neonatal clinic. We were told that due to the altiplano's
cold climate, a cria is born "dry" - basically shrink wrapped in a
membrane so that it doesn't freeze to death before it could dry off.
This is also the reason mom's don't lick the cria after birth.

So - how can amniotic fliuid come in contact with the fiber
to "stain" it?

Heidi Christensen
Graham WA

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, Judith Korff/Ladysong Farm
<judithkorff@y...> wrote:
>
> Nancy, up until a very short time ago (maybe 2-3 years), everyone
showed their animals "au natural." Tipping, or shearing of cria tips
to remove the amniotic fluid, was something that became popular to
preserve the usability of the cria's fleece when it was shorn, since
tui fleece is very like velcro, and everything clings to it. I think
the idea spread to the show ring, where "tipped" crias presented a
more manicured and showy appearance as against the untipped
competitors. (Certainly there had been some people using grooming
techniques all along, and the allowance of tipping seemed to even the
odds of winning.) However, my experience has been that the judges
look for more than a polished appearance. The only thing I can think
of that judges ascribe to tipped fleece is the quality of "crimp to
the tip", which is lost when you leave the fiber untipped because the
tips become very matted and twisted, which causes a loss of crimp
integrity. It will be interesting, now that the
> new rules proscribe tipping, to see how many unpolished alpacas
the judges find "with crimp to the tip."
>
> You'll be in good company if you show your alpaca without
tipping; every other honest competitor in the ring will be in the
same boat! :-)
>
>
> Judith Korff
> LadySong Farm
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