Hi Marsha - Congratulations! The point of this story was to show how
easy birthing is for Alpacas. Yes there are sometimes complications,
and in this case she delivered exactly 30 days early and still no
issues. All our cria have come into the world unassisted. Of all the
births, one required a vet call, but no emergency, the cria was
dismature. The purpose of this is that the Alpaca is a very tough
animal and handles most of the husbandry without our intervention...a
little feed, cleanup, fresh water, proper minerals and vitamins, and
annual shearing - how much easier can it get - they really are great
animals to care for and with ease. Would love to ehar the outcome of
your first birth!
Regards, Michael
Michael and Margery A. Morack
MAM2@wi.rr.com
Waukesha, WI
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Marsha Chaffins <polarb@...> wrote:
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> Glad to hear that things ended for the good and not tragedy. We
have our first cria due in a couple weeks......very exciting moment
for us here at Never Forgotten Ranch.
> Marsha
>
> "Michael A. Morack" <mam2@...> wrote: My
wife and I had a business conference out of town and entrusted our
> Alpaca herd to a young girl who had extensive experience with horses.
> We left at 5:00 AM. She went out at 8:00AM for the morning chores and
> saw our oldest girl one month from delivery sprawled out in the
> pasture - DEAD! She ran out and as she got there the Alpaca raised
> her head and then she realized - NOT DEAD - IN LABOR! She ran back to
> the house got her cell phone and ran back out dialing the midwife. By
> the time she had the mid-wife on the phone the cria was on the ground
> and trying to get up. SHe asked what she had to do? The mid-wife
> said check for sex, everything else seems just fine. A girl - two
> holes you know...we returned Sunday to a very agitated young girl.
> She took us out and showed us the newborn. Two days later while
> weighing the little girl I noticed too much embilical cord...hmmmm - a
> boy! Not bad for her first time with Alapcas...her first day on the
> job, a dead Alpaca that turned out to be a live birth she witnessed,
> and got to do all the prep - poop plug, embilical dip and sex - well
> two out of three ain't bad...:)
>
> Michael and Margery A. Morack
> MAM Consulting Associates Inc - Greenbriar Farm
> Waukesha, WI
> 262.970.9633
> MAM2@...
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