Re: [AlpacaTalk] books for beginners?

Hi Caryn, and welcome!

I recommend:
The Alpaca Field Manual by Dr. Norm Evans
The Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman and Dr. Murray Fowler
Camelidynamics by Marty McGee Bennet

Llamas and alpacas are very similar, obviously, so info for one will
generally be correct for the other.

Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Creswell, OR

541.895.0964

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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On Jan 3, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Caryn Law wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I've been lurking on this list for about a year as I'm preparing
> myself to
> hopefully be an alpaca owner sometime this year. In preparation
> I've been
> looking for books geared for beginners on owning alpacas or a small-
> scale
> alpaca farm (we thought we'd plan on buying 2-3 to start with and then
> expand up to 6-8 as we get more comfortable and experienced). I'm
> looking at
> owning them for fiber, not for breeding.
>
> Can anyone recommend any books I should be reading? I have no animal
> husbandry experience so I need all the help I can get before I get
> into this
> so that I do it right. I see a lot of books on managing llamas but
> surprisingly few on alpacas.
>
> Thanks!
> - Caryn Law
> Issaquah, WA
>

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