Friday 28 June 2013

Bottle feeding a premature alpaca

EBit of a surprise this week when Toft Linseed not due until the 17th of August suddenly went into labour and produced a wee brown girl only 4.06 kg. She's perfectly formed if a little weak but feeds off mum. She was however a little too weak to stand and feed for too long. So we have kept her penned outside and in all week to save her walking too far to Mum. Kept a coat on her to preserve what little energy she has and we have been supplementing her natural food with the bottle. And....? Well it's still early days. So early in fact that we don't dare give the wee girl a name. But she seems to be getting stronger and is standing longer and his morning when I checked her early doors she had a full tummy. So things are looking good but I feel it will be some time before we can chance our arm and give her a name. If she makes it through then maybe 'Toft Survivor' would be fitting.






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