Re: [AlpacaTalk] spring mating

 

 janice,

     I have been where you are.  You are just prior to filing bankruptcy, whether you know it or not......The longer you go along as you are, the rougher it is going to be, and the higher the credit cards.  

 

 My husband and I are going thru a divorce over this issue now.   Did you know I single-handedly caused the economic crisis in this country????   

 

 I am having to leave the home we built 20 yrs ago and take the few alpacas I have left.  I am presently looking for a small farm to move them to near my daughter and brother.

 

My advice to you is to downsize as much as you can.  It will break your heart and you will cry, alot. 

 

Suze Ormand is presently doing a program on this very issue on the PBS channels in our area.  Check her out.  Her truth is PAINFUL.  She will encourage you to live within your means and teach you how to deny your children of the extras they are used to receiving.  (Just say "no".) 

 

I am presently down to 16 alpacas of my own......Hubby says I can stay, but alpacas have to go.  The alpacas and I are going.   I need to sell one more girl to pay a divorce lawyer.

 

Good luck to you and to me.  We are not alone.   There are many alpaca farmers out there in the same boat.  Our parents and grandparents made it thru the great depression and came out better people for it.  We will too.

Take care.

Nancy Miller

Crooked Pine Hollow Alpacas

76 Van Lane

Winterville, Ga. 30683

 

www.cphalpacas.com

706-255-7914

-----Original Message-----
From: jelizabethfarms1@bellsouth.net
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 10:38 am
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] spring mating

 

Just a quick note to share my angst. Normally this time of year I (as
well as my alpacas) would eagerly be awaiting spring matings. I have
had to come to the sad conclusion and find a way to accept the fact that
I simply cannot afford another mouth to feed. Over the winter I have
had to struggle with thoughts of if things don't turn around *very* soon
I am going to have start thinking of rehoming my precious babies. We
had a fall mating that I find myself hoping will not come to fruition,
for the simple expense of another mouth. If not for the alpacas I
could get rid of the ducks (who eat more than chix feed than the
chickens do!) and the Pyrs (who eat more than the horses). I have
mentioned to my dd several times over the past two especially
financially tough years about rehoming the horses, but she could just
cannot bear the thought, and frankly neither can I. I have held the
opinion that they are much more expensive keepers and not as useful as
the alpacas (fiber). But I have come to realize that the ducks are
here because of the alpacas (snail/m-worm control); and the Pyrs are
here to protect the alpacas (and they cost as much to feed as the horses
do - a LOT). I could never ask her to get rid of her horses unless I
was also willing to part with my beloved alpacas; she loves her horses
as much as I love my alpacas.
So there you have it :-(.
Each week I lay out a ton of money for feed (too often on credit cards)
that really should be going to other uses. But I just keep hanging on
thinking surely things will pick up any day now. It has been years
since my income was sufficient to justify having all these animals.
Janice

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