Re: [AlpacaTalk] trimming topknots

 

Wendy,
I noticed a big difference in my top knots when I changed shearers. The woman I have now uses scissors to trim the top knots. She can shape them as she trims. They look a lot better then when they are cut with the shears..
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Nancy Danielson
M&M Alpacas
Chagrin Falls, Oh

---- Wendy Edwards <wendy.edwards@shaw.ca> wrote:
> hi - i've just been looking through the latest Camelid Quarterly and again am in awe of those smoothly sculpted topknots
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> can anyone tell me the secret to such perfectly shaped heads? I had our shearer trim my alpacas' topknots in May, hoping they would grow in smooth and lovely, but no such luck -
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> as a follow-up to my questions on mites and mange earlier in the fall, I was successful in killing the nasty bugs on my girl, but the fibre has not grown back around her ankles yet.
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> i really appreciate all the advice and support i receive from this listserve - you have helped me solve more than one problem with my herd.
> Thanks
> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
> BC

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