Alpaca Husbandry Session
Suitable for people wanting to learn how to trim alpaca nails, conduct regular body scoring, carry out drenching and administering vitamins. The essential hands-on experience for potential alpaca owners or current alpaca owners.
Your animals deserve to be happy and healthy. With that in mind, you have an ethical responsibility toward their welfare by providing a safe and caring environment such as good food sources, clean water, and shelter - so they can always reap the benefits of living on your farm.
The best way to keep your herd healthy and productive is by keeping them vaccinated, with updated vaccinations and parasite control. It's important that you watch the herd constantly so they don't get sick especially as we now are experiencing dramatic seasonal changes.
You may think that alpacas are indestructible, but they're not. When one of your alpacas becomes sick it can be difficult to tell how much damage the illness has done because these animals will rarely show any signs of being ill or injured. This makes prevention more important than cure!
Alpaca Husbandry what we will do:
Quietly move alpacas into the holding pen
Learn how to safely and quietly herd them
Pen, handle and hold each alpaca
Handling difficult alpacas.
Trimming their toenails
Vaccination, Vitamins, Drenching (oral or injection)
Body Scoring each alpaca
Checking eyes
Recording notes for each alpaca
This is only for adults and for people who are interested in owning alpacas or current owners who want to know more. It’s a great introduction to see if they are the right fit for your farm and become confident when handling them. You will see the good side and the not-so-easy to handle alpacas and how we do it.
The morning is around 1.5 hours and we will end the session up at the house with a relaxing morning tea.
What you need:
- Closed shoes for safety
- Please wear long pants/jeans for safety
- Sunhat
Time: Approx 1.5 Hours (one and half hours).
This event is not suitable for children and please do not bring your dogs to our farm. We run this event only 2-3 times a year. We keep the numbers limited so hands-on learning time is maximized. There is also our alpaca management manual if you would like to purchase that also on the day. We will go ahead in moderate rain and would only cancel if there is a threat of fire, flood or deluges.
Alpaca Husbandry Session exclusive to Little Valley Farm
This workshop is free of charge for people who have already attended our Sunday alpaca workshop and is the next step to gaining hands-on experience and confidence in handling alpacas.
Expect to get a little farm dirty at this Alpaca Husbandry Session.