Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: FEEd- A great Alpaca feed
So corn, then I'm assuming, causes fiber blowout? Is that the idea? What sort of other things can cause this???
Steve!
On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@westwind
Oh, and we don't have to add crap like molasses or other junk to make
the feed palatable. (Molasses for alpacas is not good nutrition)
They already love alfalfa and flax!
On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Heather Zeleny wrote:
> Oh my god, those are the size of large dog kibbles! There is no
> information about this feed at all except for promotional claims. No
> GA
> or ingredients listed.
>
> No thanks anyway, I'm very happy with our custom pellet. It's the
> regular small pellet size. And it's a harder pellet so also no dust,
> and we have no choke, either.
>
> We do ship as well. It's just very expensive and the buyer is
> responsible for all costs involved. For a few bags, last time we
> shipped any feed, FedEx was cheapest. We check UPS and USPS as well.
> and figure 55 lbs for the weight of the feed and a box. Our zip is
> 97401 if anyone is interested in seeing what shipping would be from
> our
> location to yours.
>
> Oh, by the way, I receive absolutely no income from these pellets. It
> is my mom's deal 100%. I just think they're a superior product to
> eveything else out there. And we've tried Dynamite. Haven't tried
> Mazuri or Evans. We're just not willing to feed our alpacas corn and
> by-products. We had not only the death from a perforated ulcer, but
> the
> fleeces of our entire herd blew out in just one year. A yearling who
> won a blue at Alpacapalooza (Level 5 show!) who had 20 microns at 15
> months, had 27.8 microns the following year. Another girl who was 20µ
> at 1 yr was 30µ the next year. My 16.6µ boy was 20 something the next
> year. The only thing we could think was the feed, since everything
> else
> was the same.
>
> We just won't feed a product that has those vague ingredients listed.
> Agricultural roughage product? What kind of thing is that? It's
> whatever they can get at the lowest price. Our feed is the same every
> time. Have you ever noticed that one bag of your other feed will look
> and smell completely different from the next? And the animals will eat
> it sometimes but not others? That's why! Alpacas do not eat something
> if they don't know what it is. Our alpacas get exactly the same pellet
> from one run the the next, or the next. Unless we make changes in the
> recipe, as we do from time to time to improve it as we learn more and
> observe our herd.
>
> Heather
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