RE: [AlpacaTalk] Live Twins!!! Born 40 hours apart!!!
Congratulations!
These babies are rather good size so you should be able to raise them if the
Gods of Luck are willing.
As to the problem of getting momma to take to the second baby..do you have
the afterbirth?
If you have it and were going to look it over..as many do; rub the second
baby with some of the afterbirth to get the scent fresh all over the
baby.and then rub it on the "accepted" twin as well.so that they smell just
the same.and let the "unaccepted" cria go up to nurse first.then the
"accepted" one after the first has a chance to latch on.
It does not always work, but it will often work.
Allison.who learned this from sheep.
New Moon Alpacas
Santa Clara, CA
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Behalf Of jenq11
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:40 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Live Twins!!! Born 40 hours apart!!!
My alpaca Petunia gave birth to a very small baby boy 2 mornings
ago. Though we suspected a twin - none came... In the wee hours of
the morning today (at least 40 hours after first twin)the second twin
was born and rolled into another paddock away from his dam. He was
found by the owner of the farm where this dam resides, partially wet
and hungry but ALIVE!! Bad news is that his dam has refused to care
for him. Good news is that he is alive and well and we are hoping
that once he gets stronger - we can try for a reintroduction again OR
to see if another dam will foster him. The really amazing thing is
that based on what the babies look like - we suspect that the babies
might be from 2 sires. This second baby looks exactly like another
baby on the farm who is from a sire we had bred to her earlier. This
particular dam is hard to read in her pregnancy behavior and got bred
to 3 sires before we were convinced that she was pregnant.
Does anyone out there have any experience with twins or rejection or
twins from different sires??? It is truly amazing that these babies
are both alive FULL TERM twins. 11.4 and 10.4 lbs respectively.
Really hoping to get the second cria back out to the barn to mom OR
whoever will take him! Just thought i'd share this miracle :)
JenQ
Strafford, NH
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