[AlpacaTalk] re: Catching up
Janice,
I just wanted to again reiterate the importance of separating your males and females. The problems with your crias all those times could well have been the result of Charlie Brown just breeding your female in her last months of pregnancy.
When a female is in her last month especially, she gives of pheromones that smell like she is open instead of pregnant. I have heard stories about females being traumatized at this time by a male that slipped through the fencing or an open gate. It is TERRIBLY damaging to a female's insides and can indeed cause death to either the mother and/or cria. And it can happen with only one unlucky breeding. I can't imagine what repeated breeding would do, makes me shudder to think about it.
A male WILL breed a female- pregnant or not- and it is DANGEROUS for both her and the fetus. This isn't just my opinion, if is a fact.
We know that overbreeding can cause permanent damage to a female- just imagine what that would to to the fetus inside??
Since you have difficulty getting your pacas to a vet, separating them is the simplest, most humane and cost effective thing to do to prevent possible further problems.
I strongly advise this course of action as a breeder for ten years now.
Best of luck, and glad to hear Merry is doing so much better.
Slainte~
Rachelle
Black Magic Alpaca Ranch
Honesty, Integrity, Quality
Wyatt & Rachelle Black
P.O. Box 457
6500 Digier Road
Lebec, CA
93243
(661-248-6568)
wyattblack@earthlin
http://pasturemusin
Lysa, I always suspected my Charlie Brown had some llama in him, he was
bigger than other alpacas I had seen and just didn't look quite the
same; also had big ears. According to his papers he was all alpaca, but
still.....I always wondered if it was possible for llama and alpaca to
interbreed. Now I know it is. He never fathered a healthy baby either
and I have sometimes wondered if that would somehow be related to having
some species interbreeding.
How is it going with your 2 new boys? Any luck with the halter training?
Warmly, Janice
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