[AlpacaTalk] RE: female acting funny
Tonight we had an accident when trying to move the alpacas around and
the male and the female ended up in the same pasture unattended for
maybe 15 min while dd and I ran to break up a nasty dog fight. When we
finally got the dogs apart and all the noise quieted down I heard the
unmistakable sound of alpacas mating. Sure enough they were going for
it. We took off running and separated them. The female did not want
to stand up to walk. Finally got her up and back to her pen, where they
made love noises thru the fence. She was certainly not spitting him off
and in fact kushed right next to the fence. So this mean she is NOT
pregnant?! Mating was mid-Jan so if it took she is a couple of weeks
away from when I would normally start close observations.
mid Dec, and about a month away from when I would *really* start
watching closely.
I still don't want a winter mating, and will continue to keep them
separate until spring, but it has been very stressful for everyone,
alpacas and humans alike, trying to keep 11mo old cria away from mom and
keep them both away from the male. I am locking the female up in the
barn at night (with the other female for company). I only have 4 adults
and the cria so everyone is spread out - 1 in front pasture, 2 in wooded
pasture, and 2 in small chicken yard and then in small barn at night. I
feel the herd is spread too thin, but this is my only option for keeping
male/female/
not necessary I don't want to continue doing it; however if there is
still a chance she is preggie then I will continue what I am doing.
Thanks, Janice
posted by Chaddo at 4:34 PM
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