Shed&alpacas

Shed&alpacas,

Lord is our stud male. He is nearly 6 years old, and still has a micron count of 22.6 He is a lovely boy.
Kimberley is Ms Personality, and loves to take baths in the hot weather. She's the one likely to escape under any fence, and has explored neighbours gardens. She'd be the one who would sneak a cigarette if nobody was looking. Her baby is Yelodin and he was born at the beginning of July this year. He is just gorgeous and loves to rub noses with me (that might be what makes him gorgeous......?????) Looking a bit ratty at the moment because he was shorn 3 weeks ago.

At the beginning of July both Kimberley and Miss Tunisia were due to have their crias. Yelodin was born uneventfully but Missy had big problems. She went into labour on the Sunday, and I called the vet out because it just didn't seem right to me. He examined her (although he is not an expert on alpaca birthing) and thought that because she was still feeding and drinking and didn't look uncomfortable that everything was fine. The short version of the long story is that she had to have a caesarian a few days later. The cria was in a really bad breach position with legs akimbo, and there was no way that it could have been born. It had died, (a little white boy) and Missy was in a real bad way. We thought that we might lose her, but she fine. She's going to have a baby one day....... Normally if babies are in the breach position the back legs present, but in Missy's case the baby's hind quarters were locked.
So, what with slipped pregnancies, absorptions, and still births.....this has been a really bad year. I had many of the girls blood tested for everything from mineral deficiencies to anaemia...but all in all, they're a healthy mob. Keep your fingers crossed for me.