I live in Maryland, which over all is moderate in summer and winter,
although we do get some very hot and humid days where the heat index is over
100 degrees. We shear the whole body of our alpacas, but do leave fiber on
their legs, top knots, and tails. We prefer the look of the fiber on the
legs and I think it does keep the flies from biting them on the legs
somewhat. They do get regular belly hosing, have fans and a port-a-cool in
the barn. We pick up manure twice a day and keep the inside barn floors
power washed about 3 times a week. The inside stalls have the automatic fly
sprayers and we use Stall Dry on the outside poop piles which has DE as an
active ingredient. This is what has worked for us. Our fly population does
exist, but it is minimal and the alpacas have never suffered from heat
stress.
Patty Mattingly
Nobella Alpacas
"Royal Treatment Reigns"
Leonardtown, MD
(240)925-6959
http://www.nobellaalpacas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Edwards" <wendy.edwards@shaw.ca>
To: <AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
> hi June - i didn't know the alpaca cooling system is in it's lower legs -
> thanks for that info
> Do you think leaving the fibre on the lower legs will cause a heat
> problem? I was thinking the fibre would protect their lower legs from
> flies and brush but i don't want to make them hotter.
> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
> BC
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> From: june neill
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
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> The alpaca has all of its cooling system in its lower legs, why would you
> want to cover these up with fly protection that as far as i can see is not
> really beneficial and could be harmful. We have used DE for well over 10
> years in our supplement and grain rations for all livestock that are
> custom mixed just for us, this has put a stop to most fly situations and
> is carried on all year long, it helps with worms and feed efficiency as
> well. Very easy and beats chasing them down and stressing them out
> unnecessarily. Just curious;)
>
> june Neill
>
> http://iherdalpacas.etsy.com/
> http://iherdalpacas.blogspot.com/
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rollinridge
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:13 PM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
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> I'm speaking from experience from horses here (we're still in the
> "learning everything we can and planning stage" for alpacas stage). We
> don't have all smooth pasture either - we can let our horses out to
> another area with shrubs and all taller grasses. We never had a problem
> with the boots coming off - sagging a little but not off.
> Thinking about the Alpacas - I saw on another website they come in
> miniature horse size - so maybe that's an option. Or to possibly make them
> tighter - duct tape? We didn't have them tight like vet wrap tight if that
> is your thinking - they were kinda just "there". Ours also didn't have any
> fly repellant on them so there wasn't any smell (that I could detect).
>
> Ridgley
> (I also liked that they came in pretty colors - glow in the dark helped
> to see at night)
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> --- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Robin Buettenback <jardbuet74@...>
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> > How did you get them to stay on? We tried it last year but the pacas
> kept figuring out a way to get them off. Also, the alpaca legs are so-o-o
> skinny, it was hard to get them on tight enough plus they seemed to
> dislike the smell and/or feel of them around their legs.
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> > Ace & Robin Buettenback
> > B4 Alpacas LLC
> > 3742 S Locust
> > Grand Island Ne 68801
> >
> > --- On Thu, 3/12/09, rollinridge <rollinridge@...> wrote:
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> > Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
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