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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Not sure what to do.....

 

another thing to consider with pricing is what sort of extended service comes with the purchase.    We've sold animals in the $400 range before, but they came with hands on instruction on all aspects of care, evaluating the shelter/fencing that is needed and are available for help/advice for years after.     


We sold a pair of males to a couple that we met at the fair two years ago.    I told her she could buy young males at the local livestock auction for $50ish.    She wouldn't know anything about their history or how to care for them.     She could buy from us and get all areas of support.   Got them set up and happy with their boys.     A year later on a Sunday evening she called and said that one was trembly.    We gathered up a bunch of meds and went right over.   

 After evaluating, we figured it was polio, m-worm (even though they gave ivomec monthly)  or rye grass staggers.    Stocked them with treatments for each.    As we were going over meds and dosages, she looked at me and said 'this is what you meant by a big difference in buying from you and buying cheap?'        Yep!

btw it turned out to be rye grass staggers and we had the mycosorb to treat it.....he recovered just fine.

Good luck in your alpaca venture!

Carolyn Marquette
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Mogadore, OH  44260
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-----Original Message-----
From: AmyJoLabbe <AmyJoLabbe@aol.com>
To: AlpacaTalk <AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 10, 2013 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Not sure what to do.....

 
We sell PET quality (non breeders) for $4-600 routinely. We do discount for 4H and multiple purchases. People pay more than $200 to adopt a puppy from a rescue. So in my opinion we should not give away our alpacas. 

M-worm....we have had a male and female here with it terribly. One was a boarder that came to us that way and the other was a new purchase that had been limping when we picked him up and had not idea it was goin gto blow out into mworm! We had never seen it before. They were both a LOT of work. We put them down. We also have two here that are VERY mild and just run like they are drunk but both nurse cria and are fine and need no special care.

AmyJo Labbe
Your choice for quality livestock since 1997!
-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@gmail.com>
To: AlpacaTalk <AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 10, 2013 12:23 pm
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Not sure what to do.....
 
I agree, in today's market, $5-600 for a pet boy is rather high. Last year, we sold four pet boys for $100 each, and the lady who bought them was and still is very impressed by the fleece quality, fineness, and handle of our boys compared to the boys that she bought from another farm previously. 

Check around at other farms in your area, check OpenHerd, AlpacaNation, the local breeder group, etc. 

As far as the M-worm boy, I can't say either, I have heard that it can be quite a lot of work caring for M-worm survivors. And - very important - protocol is that in M-worm areas, they MUST have ivermectin every month, every 6 weeks is not adequate, and a break during winter is absolutely not advised. 

Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Creswell, OR

541.895.0964

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Jody Ehler wrote:

 

Hi Maria
 
Glad you are asking before buying!  At least you are trying to do your homework.  I am not sure about the worm issue.  I am sure there are some with a lot of experience with this that will jump in.  I am worried about the cost of the $500-$600 for pet quality males though.  There are a lot of farms with boys that have been handled and would make good pet quality for around $100 to $200 possibly.  I just feel $600 is a bit high for pet quality with out breeding rights unless they have very high quality fiber and that is what you also want.  :)  But for pets and friendly, you may find someone with a very small boy that shouldn't be bred, but was handled by the family.  We had such a boy and I was just glad to find him a home!  You should just put an ad on alpaca market asking for a easy handling pet quality boy for small fee.  Jus t my 2 cents worth!  :)  Some males that are gelded have high quality fiber and may have an asking price higher than that of pet quality.  I think you would be disappointed with boys that are not handled. 
 
Unless you have a lot of time to spend on the handicapped alpacas I am not sure you would get the enjoyment out of them as you would with less time consuming animals.  But, then the bonding may be better and more friendly??  :) 
 
Jody

Jody Ehler
Solon, IA 52333
J & J Alpacas
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To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
From: burnsfamilycentral@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:55:49 +0000
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Not sure what to do.....

 
Hello,

I'm the newbie who has posted on here these last few weeks. I have another appt to meet some 1.5- 2 yr old male/pet quality alpacas to adopt. (these are my first alpacas) We just want pet quality, no breeding.These animals are on Sugarloaf Farm in MD where there are about 150 animals. The animals are obviously not handled as much as the ones they show so they are not used to humans so much. The cost is about $500-600 each.They seem clean and well cared for. They are given rabies shots and menegeal worm shot ever 4-6 weeks.

I was just approached by an aquaitence who is moving. She has 2 alpacas. One is a 7-8 yr old male who had menegeal worm 4 yrs ago.He is healthy but has a difficult time getting up from a standing position. He gets a lil bit of special care during the warmer summer months she said. (he likes a specific flavor of gatorade to stay hydrated she said.) He cannot breed and is considered completley handicapped.(these are her words)

The other is a female 4 yr old who is perfectly healthy. The only thing she has wrong is that she was born without her female plumbing. (uterus and such) When she was born the vet had to sew an artificial hole for her to urinate.

These two latter alpacas have been raised with children and loved so the benefit is that they are used to being handled.I don't know enough about menengeal worm and its long term effects. I would apprec iate info on that. I like the idea of rescuing these two but fear I don't know enough about these issues. They have gotten rabies shots and menegeal shots only in the warmer mnths.

I would LOVE any info you guys have to share please!

Thank you,
Maria




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