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Post by Silvercloud on Jan 13, 2006 11:48:37 GMT 7
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Post by Amanda on Jan 13, 2006 13:50:57 GMT 7
How cool is that!!! It'd take a bit to get her down too. So very interesting......who's next? Peter???  |
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Post by Matt on Jan 13, 2006 15:01:49 GMT 7
Now that is some interesting stuff! I have never seen them being shorn before but imagined it would be harder than sheep as they have so much more weight and strength behind them. Great photos and thankyou very much for sharing them.
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Post by Peter on Jan 13, 2006 16:06:44 GMT 7
Wow that is great!  + Are you in WA? Are you a registered farmers? I have to do work experience on alpacas over the next 2 yrs.......... |
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Post by Silvercloud on Jan 13, 2006 16:29:20 GMT 7
Yes I'm WA but I've only just started even though I am registered with the Alpaca Association. Lolly is my first paca and she is pregnant with her first cria. She doesn't live with me at the mo as I'm living in town, in Donnybrook, she is living at the breeders' farm where I got her from in Capel. Very conveniently the breeder is one of my closest friends so I get free agistment in return for helping her with paca related jobs like halter training the babies, shearing day ( the pics were taken at her farm), helping with births and sick animals and anything else that needs to be done.
What do you have to do for your work experience? If you need any more info just ask.
Cheers, Jules
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Post by Peter on Jan 14, 2006 5:43:18 GMT 7
Because I am studying Vet at uni, you must do 8 weeks of work experience at 5 or so different types of animal farms/places (ie sheep and cattle, fisheries, alpacas, piggery, vet clinics, zoo's etc)
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Post by Silvercloud on Jan 14, 2006 8:51:15 GMT 7
I'm so glad alpacas and other camelids are being studied more as they are becoming more common and there are some differences with their care, husbandry and anatomy. We've dropped the vets down here in the deep end a few times as most have had no experience with pacas. One of them even went to Murdoch and did a camelid course so he knew a bit more about them when he was called out. Good luck with your vet studies and if you need an alpaca farm to do your work experience at just let me know and I can maybe talk to my breeder friend.
Cheers, Jules
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Post by Alasse on Jul 31, 2006 1:43:10 GMT 7
That was interesting...looks like hard work for sure
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