Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: feed
Hi Janice,
Custom Milling has an excellent mineral, reasonable
priced that the alpacas love. You can certainly manage your animals
just fine with good pasture, good hay, and minerals. They don't
really need pellets at all as long as the vitamins and especially minerals
are available to them. I think I would avoid the alfalfa pellets and beet
pulp and reroute myself and my money to just purchasing excellent quality
hay instead For those that might need an extra nutritional boost, you
could add the straight alfalfa hay, but you might want to chop it first
for their prehensile lips seem to be able to grab only the leaves (candy
to them).
Laurel
Bluebird Hills Farm
Springfield, Ohio
937-206-3936
>
<<looking forward to more discussion - yes Janice, i know we talked
> about feed last year, but i'm slow to learn i guess - there are
many
> differing opinions on feed, but i have to find the right
mix for my
> animals. Most things are not available in our small
valley but i don't
> mind making the drive or ordering online if
i feel i'm getting the right
> stuff.>>
>
>
> Oh Wendy I hope you didn't think I was *complaining*
about the feed
> discussion..
trying to get it figured out
> and do it right. I learn so much
from everyone here and what they are
> doing.....and I keep
trying to find what will work for my dear pacas and
> keep them
healthy as possible (as I have no vet backup - in fact I had a
>
sick one last week that I was sure would be dead by morning. He
>
wouldn't eat, had "that look" in his eyes and was having trouble
getting
> up and down. It was evening and we had a cmas event to
go to. I didn't
> want to go I was so worried about my boy....my
personality plus gelding.
> But I knew there was nothing I could
do. I worried all evening and
> couldn't wait to get home, but
dreaded it at the same time. Glory be he
> was looking much
better by the time I got home. And was fine and eating
> again by
morning. I have lost 2 very quickly with the same
>
symptoms....
> morning. I cannot tell you the relief, I was already stressing
about
> how to bury him and grieving mightily and feeling so very
helpless. Not
> having a vet sucks big time. So indeed I am very
very interested in the
> absolute best possible way to feed
them). So I right there with you
> learning more with every
discussion :-). I was only commenting that
> Heather has talked
about this before - this not feeding grain - and I
> tried but
failed. But wanting to try again.
>
> So what I am
thinking now is to look for alfalfa/hay pellets and by
> adding
the beet pulp I can still get them to eat their minerals. Now I
>
need to find out about adding vitamins? I am also wondering about
> whether I need to do something to replenish my Allie's intestinal
flora
> since she had that round of antibiotics this summer after
her eye got
> scratched out......whether - because I have read
that they get the
> natural bacteria they need from grazing on
grass; and how - in case that
> is not enough after a round of
antibiotics?
>
> As for the beet pulp, you say you
stopped using after the discussion on
> this list. Yet I read
just the opposite!? I *started* giving them beet
> pulp after our
discussion here a few months ago. So maybe we need to
> have that
discussion again? I am happy because it is getting them to
> eat
their minerals, but I don't want to do harm in the meantime.
>
> Warmly, Janice
>
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