[AlpacaTalk] RE: female acting funny
<<<I think that you need to wean cria long before that. Most people I
have talked with around here wean the cria around 6-8 months of age. By
then they are grazing and eating alpaca food on their own. This give
the mother ample time to re-coop from her last cria and get ready for
her next one. FYI last year's cria will nurse through the fence if it
can reach the mother .
The last few months of pregnancy is hard on any animal but one that is
still nursing an older baby this can be extremely harmful to her as she
is putting out so much energy nursing one and nourishing the other.
Jim Gregoryk>>>>
Thanks Jim, We have been supplementing the female with a midday meal
of alfalfa pellets and adding a bit of alfalfa pellets to her usual
meals (2x day) while she was preg last year and during this year with
the nursing. She doesn't let the cria nurse often so I doubt she would
stand still next to a fence- so not worried there. How long does it
take to wean? Had I known or thought she was preg I would have weaned
sooner. But my set up here is not for breeding per se and I allow them
to live a "natural" life, going about their business with as little
human interference as possible, so I don't wean, I allow them to do that
on their own. She got her ivermec injection yesterday and her weight
is good. Hopefully everything will be ok;, I sure do not want to be out
in the middle of winter bottle feeding a baby!
Janice in NW GA
posted by Chaddo at 8:37 AM
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