Alpaca Scrapbook
Alpacas begin life as crias and grow into tuis (adolescents), hembras (adult females) and machos (adult males) (<<http://www.alpaca.asn.au/info/glance.shtml>> — link now broken)
alpaca skin problems: http://www.alpacas.com/alpacalibrary/alpacaskinproblems.aspx
Casper (with an e) Yolanda / Jackson 1/12/06
Xeny Mistletoe / Midnight 3/11/06
Otto / Valiant / Popcorn 7/12/06 Vicki / ?
Xeny’s father has also had Liberator, whose mother is the famous Llapaca.
other possible names: Fabian Paco Spike Herbie Carlos Xeny Calvin Spike Horton Nelson Otto Pelham Hector George (Moore) Manny Willard Yablo G’nter Herbie Yngwie N-HOP Leo Carlos Charles Nijinsky
Timing of weaning: - “Never, Never, Never, wean an alpaca by putting it on a Trailer and training it away from its dam.” (<<http://www.impaca.com/weaning>> Seminar Htm) - http://www.gentlespiritllamas.com/html/articles/weaning/weaning1.htm
Marty Mc Gee Bennett on weaning: http://alpacanation.com/Marty-McGee/QA/Feb04_a.asp
From http://www.fowberry-alpacas.com/html/husbandry.html — - If a cria is eating camelid pellets, that’s a good sign that it can be weaned. - a list of poisonous plants