Our first cria of the season arrived on Sunday June 6, right on schedule. A good size guy, he has been named Bartholomew although we don't know why; it just seemed right.
He got off to a rough start with Mom not wanting to feed him. We had to take quick action and gave him a NurseMate supplement. Mom was still none to interested so we had to administer colostrum by bottle during the first 24 hours.
One of us would sit on the floor holding him while the other held the bottle. This process was interesting to Bartholomew's big sister Anuone, and she checked it all out.
The second time we went to the barn for feeding, Anuone positioned herself immediatley behind and slightly over Bartholomew and guided him right over to where we were preparing his feeding, by using her legs and pushing him along.
It took us a moment to realize what she was doing...alpacas are pretty smart.
Mom has now settled down to business and little Bartholomew is getting along fine.
He got off to a rough start with Mom not wanting to feed him. We had to take quick action and gave him a NurseMate supplement. Mom was still none to interested so we had to administer colostrum by bottle during the first 24 hours.
One of us would sit on the floor holding him while the other held the bottle. This process was interesting to Bartholomew's big sister Anuone, and she checked it all out.
The second time we went to the barn for feeding, Anuone positioned herself immediatley behind and slightly over Bartholomew and guided him right over to where we were preparing his feeding, by using her legs and pushing him along.
It took us a moment to realize what she was doing...alpacas are pretty smart.
Mom has now settled down to business and little Bartholomew is getting along fine.
