Pablo & Paloma, plus Lilly gets a haircut

Eastern Washington Alpaca Ranches:
Enchanted Acres Ranch, Benton City, WA
Yakima River Alpacas, Richland, WA

North Idaho Alpaca Ranch, Sagle, ID

Mens and Womens Fashions from natural fibers, Alpaca Products at Pedro's Pride Fashions

This is your update on our two crias-- Pablo and Paloma (which means pidgeon in Spanish, by the way).

As I wrote in an earlier blog posting, we were quite worried about Paloma because she was not eating and her mom seemed to not be cooperating. It does take two to make nursing work. We separated the herd so that Paloma and Pablo were not together. That worked. When Lisa put them all back together, she said the whole herd ran and jumped around the pasture, obviously glad to be with friends again.

And, Pablo tried to bully little Paloma who was about half his weight. She kicked him squarely in the chest. From that moment on, they are getting along quite well. Both are thriving. Paloma is still gaining weight at a rate averaging 0.7 lbs per day. Pablo hit fifty pounds yesterday (and he got sheared, to boot).




Here is a photo of the two. Pablo is on the left and Paloma is on the right. If it looks like she has a hole in her forehead, it is actually the "green stuff" from having someone spit on her.











We started shearing yesterday, doing only two animals. One of them is Lilly. She was great, but afterwards seems a bit put out. She looks totally different. I am sure that if I had not seen it happen (I was, afterall, the one weilding the shears), I would not believe it is the same girl. And, if you look at the photo to the right, you can tell what color our soil is. Lilly is white with a brown spot on her right side (visible in the photo). She immediately rolled and rubbed in the dirt and now looks almost light brown. We put a blanket on her last night and she hated that. But, it was down to near freezing, so it seemed prudent.

I would sure like to see other cria photos and hear the tales of the Alpaca Ranches out there. And, of course, if you are considering buying Alpacas, please ask any questions you want here.

All my best,
Ken Larson