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Monday, August 24, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cria weight gain has slowed way down.

 

Heather - glad to hear the wall baby is doing well!  I feel for you bottle-feeders, though, I hope I never have to do that again.  Zombie-city.  LOL
 
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posted by Chaddo at 8:55 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cria weight gain has slowed way down.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot that question. :) 


I like to feed between 1/8 and 1/4 cup. My mom prefers 1 tablespoon.

Heather


On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:59 PM, LunarStruck@aol.com wrote:

I feed flax seed meal mixed in with the lactating females' pellets.  Start out at the rate of a couple tablespoons per animal and go up to about a 1/4 cup per animal if need be.  It makes their fleece really nice!  Just like human kids and all other animals, alpaca crias have growth spurts and weight gain plateaus, so I wouldn't worry too much about it unless he looks sick or starts losing too much weight.
 
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posted by Chaddo at 3:03 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cria weight gain has slowed way down.

 

Can you give us specifics? Birth weight, current weight, daily weight gain, etc.

I have a bottle/wall baby, and she is now 9 weeks old. She still has not quite doubled her birth weight, but almost!

The rule of thumb is a minimum of 1/4 lb per day of weight gain, or 2 lbs per week. 

My girl did have some challenges and had some scours, then we had a heat wave and almost lost her to that... For 3 weeks she gained then lost, gained then lost... Even now, every once in a while she'll lose a bit from the day before, but she is gradually gaining overall.

My girl seems to have a bit low body score, but she does have good energy and good poop, and a healthy appetite for forage. Sometimes she doesn't want the bottle at all.


Heather

Heather Zeleny
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Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:02 PM, chrystella.volk wrote:

I have a cria that reached two months old and I noticed that in the last two weeks, he has not been gaining as much weight. Not sure if this is normal. He is eating hay, running around like a nut. I am not sure if this is pertinent, but he was a wall baby.

Also someone mentioned that they feed flax seed to their alpaca. Can you tell me how much you feed?

Chrys Volk
Suri-nity Meadows Alpaca Farm
chrystella.volk@yahoo.com
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posted by Chaddo at 3:00 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cria weight gain has slowed way down.

 

I feed flax seed meal mixed in with the lactating females' pellets.  Start out at the rate of a couple tablespoons per animal and go up to about a 1/4 cup per animal if need be.  It makes their fleece really nice!  Just like human kids and all other animals, alpaca crias have growth spurts and weight gain plateaus, so I wouldn't worry too much about it unless he looks sick or starts losing too much weight.
 
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Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA

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posted by Chaddo at 2:59 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Cria weight gain has slowed way down.

 

I have a cria that reached two months old and I noticed that in the last two weeks, he has not been gaining as much weight. Not sure if this is normal. He is eating hay, running around like a nut. I am not sure if this is pertinent, but he was a wall baby.

Also someone mentioned that they feed flax seed to their alpaca. Can you tell me how much you feed?

Chrys Volk
Suri-nity Meadows Alpaca Farm
chrystella.volk@yahoo.com
Ruggles, OH

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posted by Chaddo at 2:02 PM 0 comments