Daily food and disease prevention of farmed alpaca

Daily cooking

An acre of grassland can hold up to 10 alpacas, which do not uproot grass or other plants, so they are considered more suitable for pasture farming than most livestock. Alpacas can be raised as long as there is a specific pasture with hay in winter. And orchard is a good choice, in fact, most breeders will feed some camel feed, you can easily buy in the store, pregnant or with alpaca mother camel will naturally receive this treatment.

Insecticidal pills or pesticides should be given every 30 days, and most breeders will supplement some minerals, because these drugs can effectively ensure a moderate amount of snail bacilli in each alpaca.

Usually have to trim alpaca nails, you can use small scissors to trim flowers and plants. Also check the alpaca's ears every month to prevent lice, all of which are the daily work of alpaca care.

Self-treatment of disease

Generally speaking, alpacas can only be cut once a year, and the wool of alpacas with 365 days can be finished in two or three days. The degree to which alpaca owners attach importance to alpaca wool shearing can reflect whether alpaca hair is popular or not.

In 1998, the production of alpaca hair was very low. Because there has been no sunny day. Remember: never cut wet hair! Adequate preparation before shearing is very important for smooth shearing of alpaca. The same precautions apply to large-scale shearing and personal shearing, arrange all personnel in advance, have a detailed and clear division of labor, and prepare shearing machines and shearers. And prepare the program in advance to avoid mistakes.

First of all, don't stain the alpaca hair. Before shearing, keep the alpaca for at least 4 hours and stay in a ring without any dirt without eating or drinking. There are usually three kinds of pollution methods: one is natural, the other is external pollution, and the third is dirty during daily care.

Natural pollution mainly refers to black or colored hair on white alpacas, because these hairs cannot be dyed into light-colored textiles. Withered yellow hair is formed by long-term accumulation of lanolin and sweat gland secretions, fecal and urine pollution is also natural, careful care and feeding habits can avoid these problems as far as possible.

External pollution is mainly caused by alpaca living environment, including forage grass and other factors: prickly grass, grass species, thorn fruit, straw, twigs, bark, cactus, cedar, hay husk and so on. Dust, soil, gravel, mud and volcanic soot are all attached mineral pollution. This dirty environment can be avoided by improving the grassland environment and setting up suitable alpaca faeces.

If some meadows that used to graze horses, cattle or goats are used to graze alpacas, the horse hair, cow hair and mountain hair they leave will be attached to the alpaca wool, and the jute, sisal, debris, filter tips and carpet debris that fall from the rough sacks will also be rolled into the alpaca hair. So many strange things can be mixed with alpaca hair: foam, stones, combs, toys, beer or soda cans, anything! When the filter tip is rolled into alpaca hair, these synthetic fibers look like alpaca hair, but cannot be dyed.

Polypropylene (plastic) is a major pollutant because it is often used in packaging, including feed bags, ropes and so on. The decomposition of these plastics leads to the contamination of the final product of alpaca hair, because the content of various components in alpaca fiber is measured only when the final product comes out.

Daily pollution is mainly caused by care, such as paint brands, insecticides, parasitic droplets and so on.

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Alpacas only need a minimum fence, a shady place, it will not trample on the lawn like other hoofed animals, it has very low requirements for the environment, it can live only on the grass of the orchard. Alpacas need daily insecticidal and vaccination, and if you don't have your own ranch, foster care on someone else's ranch is only $2.5 a day.

If you decide to raise on your own ranch, here is a daily schedule for raising 11 alpacas:

Feed in the morning-it takes less than an hour to put some grass, but hand-feeding can keep alpacas in contact with humans, and you can take a closer look at each alpaca.

Clean up faeces for 30 minutes, which can be done every day. A clean pasture can reduce the infection of diseases, such as no feces, etc., check the cesspool to see if alpacas have health problems, alpacas share septic tanks, and there is almost no smell. Alpaca excreta is a good fertilizer.

Afternoon feeding-1.5 hours, less than an hour and a half to put some grass, but after feeding alpacas, you may want to sit on the grass and pour a glass of wine to enjoy the variety of your alpacas. At sunset, small alpacas are happy to run around, while big alpacas are funny to eat grass, which may be the most meaningful time for alpacas.

As mentioned above, it is also a meaningful experience to watch your alpaca run and play, watch your alpaca grow up slowly, and watch your alpaca improve a little under your own careful breeding. Alpaca owner has become a status symbol, but also the most cherished thing.