We had a great visit yesterday from John McKenzie and his mother Dorothy who have 4 alpaca boys (Jake, William, Luke & Joel) at their farm in Dingwall. We had plenty of entertainment firstly watching Gaucho throwing a turnip around the paddock as he tried to eat it, then later, Fergus removing my hat whilst I bent down (that's his party-trick!) We spent plenty of time discussing alpaca things and we haltered our boys in the catch-pen and clipped Fergus's and Fidget's nails. We managed short 'walkies' but Gaucho continues to be the boy with the least enthusiasm for being led, although is fine having the halter fitted. Gully had some more cream rubbed on the dry skin on his forelegs and they all had their daily treat of apples as the photo shows. We have also received the result of the dung samples from the Vet lab and were pleased that no worm or liver fluke treatment is necessary. We will repeat the test in the Spring and continue with the monthly dose of Verm-X granules.
We had a great visit yesterday from John McKenzie and his mother Dorothy who have 4 alpaca boys (Jake, William, Luke & Joel) at their farm in Dingwall. We had plenty of entertainment firstly watching Gaucho throwing a turnip around the paddock as he tried to eat it, then later, Fergus removing my hat whilst I bent down (that's his party-trick!) We spent plenty of time discussing alpaca things and we haltered our boys in the catch-pen and clipped Fergus's and Fidget's nails. We managed short 'walkies' but Gaucho continues to be the boy with the least enthusiasm for being led, although is fine having the halter fitted. Gully had some more cream rubbed on the dry skin on his forelegs and they all had their daily treat of apples as the photo shows. We have also received the result of the dung samples from the Vet lab and were pleased that no worm or liver fluke treatment is necessary. We will repeat the test in the Spring and continue with the monthly dose of Verm-X granules.
Sounds to me like everyone had a great visit! I didn't realize one of them had a black bottom! Which one is is? Glad to hear your dung samples were clear of any pests!...debbie
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ReplyDeleteFyta is white with black trousers. He also has black fleece round his mouth and this makes him look as if he is smiling. Cheers Shirley