Giveaway: Day 7 – Toothamatic
The Toothamatic
Did you know that alpacas’ teeth grow? Eating wears them down but sometimes the teeth grow too long on our soft pastures (rather than the rocky terrain of the Andes in South America). Occasionally we need to trim their teeth. Sounds scary, right?
That’s where the Toothamatic comes in. It’s a tooth trimmer. One that saves Alpaca Breeders lots of time and money, and makes teeth trimming much easier on the alpacas. Designed by an alpaca breeder, this tool can be used with lamas too.
- It’s lightweigth (4.8 lbs.)
- Easy and Fast to use (2-4 seconds). This eliminates the risk of overheating the tooth which occurs when using a dremmel tool.
- Reduces stress on the alpaca and the human.
- Offers the “option” to adjust the length of the teeth.
- Saves serious $$$ over veterinary teeth trimming.
Before. Older alpacas sometimes need a trim.
Dental work - over in seconds
After. I'm ready for my close-up Mr. Demille.
Here’s what trimming teeth is like with the Toothamatic: It’s a Thursday afternoon, I am running around doing lots of errands, tight schedule, deadlines everywhere, the whole nine. On my To-Do list is trimming teeth on 3 alpacas. I drive up to the barn only 15 minutes before I have to go pick up my dumplings at school. I hop out and run to the barn. It’s pouring rain. I run into the office and ask Jeremy (my farm manager), “Can we do teeth now?”
“Sure,” he says. Phone rings. Its my hubby, the Artist, who asks what I’m doing. When I tell him, he complains, “You’re not gonna smell like teeth on our date tonight are you?”
“Of course not,” I assure him. Jeremy assures me that any teeth aroma will evaporate quickly. It does smell bad and we are supposed to wear masks because tooth dust is carcinogenic. Did you know that? Yeah, but I don’t worry much about it. I’m such a rebel you know.
In less than 10 minutes, we had trimmed teeth on 3 alpacas without any blood, sweat, or tears. Soon I was off to pick up the kids, take them to their lessons, pick up the babysitter, etc. …And in case you were wondering… perhaps it was because I had distracted surprised the Artist with NBA tickets, but I never did get any complaints that night that I smelled of teeth. (Thanks Toothamatic! *wink*)
Win Your Very Own Toothamatic!
I believe firmly that every alpaca/lama farm should have one of these. They retail for $195. It will pay for itself after 2 or 3 uses. If you don’t win, contact Don Marquette at The AlpacaRosa to buy one. Tell him that you saw the Toothamatic at Alpaca Farmgirl AND buy one by 12/31/08 he will give you 10% OFF! You will be so glad you did. There are a total of 4 Ways to Enter to win, and everyone is eligible. You can enter as many ways as you like. Each method of entry = 1 entry into the contest. Here’s how:
1. Visit our Alpaca Herdsires list and then leave a comment answering this question: If you had got to breed one of your females to one of our herdsires, which one would you choose?
2. Subscribe to our RSS feed so you can keep up with what’s new on Alpaca Farmgirl. To do so, click the pink button on the homepage to subscribe to Alpaca Farmgirl. This means that you can receive updates from my blog each time I write a new post. You can choose to read them in a reader such as Google, or have them sent to your email account. Once you’ve subscribed to our RSS feed, leave a comment and tell me that you’ve subscribed. (If you are already a subscriber just put that in your comment. Thanks!) Consider subscribing to the Alpaca Farm Business feed as well. That feed is different, and subscribing to either one will get you an entry.
3. Follow me on Twitter and leave a tweet on Twitter about this giveaway. You can write whatever you like as long as you link to this post. Leave a comment that you tweeted with a direct link to your tweet.
4. Write a post on your blog about this Giveaway. You can write whatever you want, just link back to this post. Leave a comment that you did this with a direct link to your post. If you don’t have a blog, email at least 3 people to tell them about this Giveaway. Leave me a comment that you did this.
* It is important that you leave a separate comment for each method of entry.* Winner will be chosen at random. This giveaway ends on December 18th at midnight CST.
Each day from December 1-7, I will be announcing 2 Giveaways per day. One prize will be unveiled in the morning and one in the afternoon. View a list of all the giveaways so far. Happy Holidays!
December 5th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I’m in! Sounds like a great tool. Your blog is always so interesting! First the alpemu and now the toothomatic.
Gina – RoseThistleArtworkss last blog post..My husband is okay Thank God
December 5th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Oh, I forgot. I tweeted http://twitter.com/rosethistleart/status/1041622589
Gina – RoseThistleArtworkss last blog post..My husband is okay Thank God
December 6th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Wow . . . . count me in for a chance at the Toothamatic . . . . I am just starting out and can use a “win” like that
December 6th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I have enjoyed what I have seen you publish.
The toothamatic is a great tool. We used
one on our alpacas during the shearing day.
It works pretty nifty. Thanks for your
generosity. Andy
Circus City Alpacas
Peru, In
December 6th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I tried to enter your contests by clicking on “subscribe” and all I get are a bunch of jumbled letters. ?
December 6th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
PS I would love to enter both the contests – I love your silver herdsire, by the way!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Magnum would be the macho I would choose for my girls!
December 7th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I would love a chance to win the toothomatic. Please count me in on the drawing. I looked at all your herdsires and they are all nice, but I really liked Cantigeny. Medium fawn is my second favorite color next to black. I hope I win the drawing, I have 2 alpacas right now that need their teeth trimmed. Thank you for the opportunity.
December 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
A friend has a toothamatic and we would love to get one. It is on our list.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I also emailed a link to your site to some of our alpaca friends.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
If I had a chance to breed my females to any of your herdsires, I’d choose Caligula’s Beam Me Up Scottie. And not just because I’m a Trekkie. I think that he’d match well with several of my girls.
I’ve seen the toothamatic in action. It’s awesome.
December 10th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Magnum, definitely! I don’t have alpacas (yet), but am planning on starting up a small herd next year.
December 12th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
You have some really nice herdsires. Magnum would have to be my favorite. Thanks for all you’re doing for all of us alpaca addicts!
December 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Hmmm…I would definitely want to look at Caruso, your Shaq son Luminescence, and Napster!
If I had to choose just ONE…I would probably go with Caruso because I am personally very acquainted with both his sire and dam…awesome!
Cynthia Jamar
http://www.alpacanation.com/thepacaplace.asp
December 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I agree – Magnum would be my choice, as well.
Sure hope I win that Toothomatic!
December 13th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Wow, you are so nice! We would LOVE a Toothamatic – we have no vet who will do ranch calls and I won’t use a wire on them, so ours are overdue!
SUSAN
December 13th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Ditto Susan; I also do not have a vet and my poor precious alpacas’ teeth have never been trimmed. Boy would *they* love to get a toothomatic for Christmas!
December 13th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Oh, Scottie would be my choice. He reminds me so much of my favorite studman Charlie Brown…..who left us 2 yrs ago January.
December 13th, 2008 at 6:46 am
I have emailed your generous and exciting Christmas giveaway to not 3 but 5 of my favorite friends! Hope one of us wins the toothomatic…..so we can share
December 14th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
fleecy dale is my choice! As a newbie alpaca apprentice of sorts- I want to win this toothamatic to give to the owners here at the farm- though I will admit – as a new aprentice—- im a little afraid I’ll win! LOL
Jennis last blog post..Saturday….
December 15th, 2008 at 2:25 am
We live far far away from a vet & have only one alpaca ( soon to be two) the tooth trimmer would be a great deal!
Oh and I like the silver male Luminescence
December 15th, 2008 at 5:31 am
I sure could use that Toothomatic! Thanks for sponsoring such a great giveaway.
Luminescence would be my first pick for a herdsire.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Actually, I was at your place and you told me how much you liked the Toothamatic. Ever since, I have seen the need to have one. Please, Santa, bring me one for Christmas!
December 16th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I subscribed to your RSS feed!
Cynthia
December 17th, 2008 at 2:45 am
I tweeted this Toothamatic giveaway at:
https://twitter.com/PacaLady
December 17th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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http://twitter.com/LittleTomato/status/1063960902
Jennis last blog post..Saturday….
December 17th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I know the Toothamatic is a wonderful tool! I have a female paca that has two rows of teeth (honestly) She still has her baby teeth and her secondary came in behind them! I took her to the vet but he said if she could eat o.k. with them not to worry. When we had her shorn, they used a Toothamatic on her. WOW what a great job it did! She didn’t even flinch. She is able to eat better and looks much better, doesn’t look like she has buck teeth anymore!
December 20th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Random.org chose Entry #2 as the winner. Congratulations Gina! Her winning entry was a tweet! http://twitter.com/rosethistleart/status/1041622589