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Alpacas for Sale – Tips When Buying
Introduction When buying an alpaca, there are several factors to consider to ensure that you choose a healthy and well-suited animal for your needs. Here are some key considerations: Health and Physical Condition Body Condition: Look for alpacas with a healthy body...
The Ideal Alpaca Habitat
Introduction Creating an ideal habitat for alpacas involves providing a well-designed and well-maintained environment that meets their physical and behavioral needs. Here are some key considerations for the ideal alpaca habitat: Pasture and Grazing Area: Adequate...
The alpaca diet
Introduction Alpacas are herbivores with a diet primarily consisting of grasses and hay. Their digestive system is adapted to efficiently process fibrous plant material. Here's a few of their favourite foods: Grasses and Hay The primary component of an alpaca's diet...
Origin of the alpaca
Introduction The alpaca's origin can be traced back to the high-altitude regions of the Andes Mountains in South America, where they have been domesticated for thousands of years. Specifically, their history is intertwined with the ancient civilizations of the Andean...
About the Alpaca
The alpaca is a domesticated species of South American camelid, a member of the camel family. Alpacas are closely related to llamas, guanacos, and vicuñas. They are native to the high Andes mountains of South America, particularly Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile....
Beaver Scouts Meet and Feed Alpacas!
Beaver scout visit. We hosted a visit from 21 Beaver scouts from the Shedfield 1st scout group this week. I have to say I was a little apprehensive about mixing so many children with 33 alpacas, even with eight adults in tow, but I need not have worried. Due to...
Alpaca Life: Shearing the Alpacas at Solomons Alpacas! [June 5th 2021]
Shearing day at Solomons Alpacas – it’s time for all those post-Covid haircuts!
Birthing Diaries: First baby alpaca born for 2021! [May 28, 2021]
First one of the year! Very exciting day today; Patou Tiberious' first born son has arrived!! He was born just before we got to the farm this morning. They make a habit of this, about half were there when we got there last year too. Very pleased indeed with the colour...
RIP Solomons Battlestar Sprout, you were very little, but you had a huge personality
Sprout's story. Apollo Lolita gave birth on the 4th June 2020 to a very little cria; female, and a modern grey, which was a surprise out of a fawn mum and with a solid white sire. In our hearts we knew there was something not quite right, but couldn't quite put a...
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