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Friday, November 27, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: female acting funny

 

Hi Janice,

After breeding, females will stay cushed for some time, so that's normal. And it does seem to indicate that she was not pregnant. However, you may get a cria next October/November! :)

I would continue to keep 11 month cria separated from mom and the male separated from them both. It is stressful in the beginning, but they get used to the arrangements after a while. And it can seem like forever while they are pining.

Best of luck to you! There's always some new thing happening isn't there? I just did a couple of swaps in our adult herdsires pastures today. We'll see how that works out, but so far, so good. :)

Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

On Nov 27, 2009, at 4:34 PM, houckj@aol.com wrote:

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......11mos - 
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/cria separate. It is far from ideal for anyone. If it is 
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

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