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

Hello,

Don't know if you're doing this, but...
When I use coats, I rub the outside of the coat really well on the
cria's back, then put it on the cria.
The dam needs to be watching and I talk to her to let her know
everything's alright.
You can even show the dam the coat after scenting it and before putting
it on the cria.
After putting it on, see if she will smell her cria.

As with all procedures, when things start to not go right, I start
humming...not a few bars, but a low and consoling, alpaca type hum.
80-90% of the time it really helps.

Laura Coussens
Kissin' Coussens Alpacas <www.alpacanation.com/kissincoussens.asp>

Jeanne Byington wrote:

>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
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