The Silent Auction of stud services is now live on the website so get bidding! This is the principal fund raiser for the Futurity which exists to plug the British alpaca industry and the animals bred here. Lots of alpaca breeders don’t seem to be aware that there are a lot of Australians, New Zealanders and Chileans intent on bringing animals here to sell that could potentially seriously damage the market for home bred alpacas. We need to raise awareness of our animals as they are very high quality nowadays and there are lots of advantages in buying animals born here. They have full pedigrees, are used to our pasture and weather conditions and have not been put through the stress of quarantine and export. Buy British, support the Futurity and keep your bank balance healthy!
Our premature cria made it through the night and took some milk this morning. Its temperature is in the normal range now but it can’t stand up or hold its head up for long. Its ears, very very floppy, are bright red as is its nose but it is quite alert and calls to its mother who does vaguely acknowledge its existence. The cria is packed into a big plastic box with hot water bottles at the bottom wrapped in towels, then a wodge of hay and more hay all around it plus a coat. We are giving it a little milk every hour or so…will it make it? Probably not, but we are giving it the best chance we can.