Re: [AlpacaTalk] nutritional needs
Heather - this is the first time I've heard of anyone feeding rice bran to
alpacas - I feed it to my older horses to keep weight on them and its great for
their coats! Does it have the same effect on alpaca fleece? How much do
you feed and do you feed the rice bran pellets? Thanks,
SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA
In a message dated 10/25/2008 9:32:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
alpacatalk@westwind
There a lot of people who spend a whole lot of money on alpaca feed and
supplements. And there are people who feed only hay and a free choice
mineral such as Stillwater 104 or Cache la Poudre. If you do feed a
mineral/salt supplement, make sure to buy one that is specifically
formulated for alpacas.
My mom had a custom feed made after our regular pellet declined in
quality so much that we had herd-wide increases in micron of between 4
and 11 microns compared to the previous year. Our feed is based on
alfalfa pellets, it contains the "RDA" of all minerals and vitamins,
and essential amino acids as outlined in Norm Evans' book. It's
formulated for our area and the hay we feed. There is no corn, no
miller's dried grains product, no soybean hulls, in short, there are no
products that you don't really know what they are in our feed.
We do top-dress the pregnant and lactating females' rations with
stabilized rice bran to provide extra fat in their diet for milk
production and to keep them in condition since milk production really
does tax their fat reserves.
That's all we do. And we have very healthy animals, and excellent
fleeces to show for it.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Creswell, OR
541.895.0964
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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On Oct 25, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Kathy H wrote:
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> I am hoping someone could give me a list of nutritional needs and
> supplement (feed and vitamins) Alpaca's should have and how much. Or a
> web site that has a descriptive list of these. Thank you, Kathy
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