[AlpacaTalk] Re: breeder/references
Hi... um, sorry don't know your name! :))
I wouldn't dismiss the original owner as 'barn blind' in this situation. A move to a new farm is an *incredibly* stressful event, especially if the alpaca was born and raised there, and if it is a male.
He knew exactly where he fit in his old herd, and was happy and content- then BAM, a whole new ball game.
Biting is done out of aggression, and frustration. I am NOT condoning the behavior, but without more details I wouldn't just put an animal, who is in the circumstance described above, down just because he bit someone, or even if he was charging. This kind of swing in behavior seems really based in fear and insecurity.
There is always more going on than is apparent to us. I feel sorry for everyone involved, what a tragic story.
Slainte~
Rachelle
Rachelle
Black Magic Alpaca Ranch
Honesty, Integrity, Quality
Wyatt & Rachelle Black
P.O. Box 457
6500 Digier Road
Lebec, CA
93243
(661-248-6568)
Re: breeder/references
Posted by: "rollinridge" rollinridge@comcast.net rollinridge
Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:29 am (PDT)
I've been following this from the "very" beginning when the incidents first happened. And though we are still in the research stage I was told about bezerk male syndrome at one of the farms that we have visited (what to look for) as an educational tool (we like this farm very much). And it sure sounds like it to me.
Anyhow, I also read the AlpacaNation forums and way back then I figured out that the breeder is on that forum.
"Has any one ever heard of an alpaca biting a human on purpose. We sold a package of 3 males and two females last month and now have been told the 4 yrs old male is charging them and today bit the husband in the chest. This male was very easy going and would come by name to be haltered to go spit test the girls or just to walk for a treat. "
"We were told he started this two wks after they got him to their farm. Two younger males also went with him and even though they were in different pastures they shared the fence line so they knew each other very well."
"The problem has been taken care of and not at all like I would have done it. He was put down yesterday. We didn't have any way to get to his new farm to bring him home. My husband and I know he was just lost with out his pasture buddies and then the lack of attention like we give to all of our alpacas. "
It's interesting that no one on that forum mentioned the bezerk male syndrome. Is it allegience as to who does the original posting?
I still think the breeder was as I would say in the dogworld "kennel blind".
You did the right thing.
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