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Friday, July 24, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Flax seeds

 

We top dress them whole, to the alpacas. They grind their food up very well, and any seeds that might miss grinding the first time get well chewed when they chew the cud. We have never had flax growing in the fields in or around poop piles. 


I think this is another one of those things that people tend to make more difficult than they really are! An additional benefit to storing the flax seed whole is that it doesn't go rancid.

Some people will also have you believe that the flax seed will get caught between the gum and teeth, causing abscesses, but again, this is not something we've seen happen. I doubt if flax seed is any more likely to get caught in the gums, than a bit of hay stem or any other manner of thing they find to eat.

Heather


On Jul 24, 2009, at 9:15 AM, houckj@aol.com wrote:

Do you feed these whole or grind them up first? I feed them ground up 
to my family and my dogs and was giving to my alpacas whole, but stopped 
as I know they are not digestible whole by humans or dogs. anyone know 
re alpacas? I know you can buy flax seed meal (already ground up) but 
it becomes rancid soon after grinding and loses its value, so I always 
grind just what I need at the time. That would become cumbersome for 
the livestock......but could be done.
Thanks! Janice

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