Leroy update.

I realize I haven’t updated the blog for a while and I promise to get some new pictures up this weekend.

As you know, our last cria born on the farm was Leroy. Unfortunately, Leroy’s mom is a first time mom who just doesn’t have a clue as to how to be a mom. We tried our best to get the two of them working together – at first she was resistant to him nursing from her, then he was resisted to trying to nurse from her. In the end, we’ve been bottle feeding Leroy for the past couple of weeks. I don’t recommend this for a male alpaca or llama but we had no choice. We couldn’t get any of our other moms to take him under their wing either. It was kind of touch and go for a while, but now it seems that Leroy is going to be fine. He’s only around 19 lbs or so but he is strong and perky and doing great.

Happy Birthday Leroy!

We had another birthday at Hidden Pond Farm on Saturday, September 6th. Our maiden suri Amy (aka Amazing Mist) gave birth to her first cria, a 16 pound male. He's very sweet but a little frail as his new mom is having trouble adjusting to her new responsibility.

We've been bottle feeding him for the past few days but we're going to have to get his mother to take over very very soon. Here are a couple of photos of Leroy.

Happy Birthday Rene'!

It's Rene's birthday today so we gave her the day off from farm work. (She actually doesn't come out on Fridays but we would have given her the day off if she did!)

Thanks Rene' for all the extra help at the farm this past year - we really appreciate it. We wish you a very happy birthday and a great year ahead!