Re: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?

 

Oh, by the way, $1/qt is $4 per gallon. I got my whole cow's milk for $4 for 2 gallons, and a half gallon of whipping cream at Costco was about $5. So yes, I'd say the replacer was definitely NOT cost effective since my cria had to take 2-3 times the volume and still didn't always gain weight.

As for nearly losing her to heat stroke and dehydration, well, while she was on the replacer, she never had proper poop. Always very soft or sometimes liquid. As many of you know, diarrhea is a major cause of dehydration and weight loss. After I started on the cow's milk, instantly, good poop and she's never had scours since.

 

Heather

Heather Zeleny

White Lotus Alpacas

Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com

http://whitelotus.openherd.com

On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, J Guerin wrote:

How can you blame the milk replacer for nearly loosing your baby?  I would think the heat stroke / dehydration had more to do with the problem, than the replacer.

 

The milk replacer is not more economical??  When I had my bottle baby, Brandie, I was buying goats milk at Wally World.  It came out to more than $16 a Gallon.  At one point, a snow storm closed the mountain pass, so the shipment couldn't get over the hump ( mountain ).  I got a product called Grade A Ultra 24, a multi-purpose, multi species milk replacer, it was $33 for  eight lbs. I added a Tbl spoon of plain yogurt per quart also.  It came out to about a dollar a quart.  Brandie sucked down 20 oz at each feeding.  She is doing and looking very well.

 

Labeling all milk replacer as bad, or useless, is a disservice to everyone.

 

Jim Guerin

Jimmini Farm

Yelm, WA

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