Congratulations! We had a dam abort twin girls recently, 5 months
along--it's very sad.
If you're successful in getting mom to take the baby back, I'd like to hear
how you did it. We have a week old cria whose mom is rejecting her--luckily
we have a willing foster mom (a 1st time mom no less!) who gave birth 4 days
ago, but I'd really like to get her back to her own mom. The foster is a
tiny little thing, and so is her own cria, so I'm worried she's not going to
be able to support both...
Pamela Hunter
Weston CO
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM, <bbeatty656@aol.com> wrote:
> Jenq,
>
> Contact Cinda Young, Driwind Alpacas in El Paso, TX. 915-276-1827
> or try _cinda@driwind.com <_cinda%40driwind.com>_ (mailto:
> cinda@driwind.com <cinda%40driwind.com>)
>
> She successfully raised twins that are about 6 months old now. The were
> only 4.5 and 6.0 lbs so you have a good start.
>
> Bruce
>
> La Buena Vida Alpacas
>
>
> In a message dated 8/17/2008 4:40:40 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> jenq@worldpath.net <jenq%40worldpath.net> writes:
>
> 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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