I can’t count how many times a new alpaca breeder has seen this in her field and called me hysterical. “Fluffy is down in the pasture! She’s not moving! She looks dead! What do I do?” I usually ask a few questions to help determine the cause of Fluffy’s prostrate posture. “Is it sunny?” and most importantly, “Have you walked up on her? You know, to see if she’ll get up?” The new breeder always comes back to the phone to report that once she walked up to the alpaca, the alpaca stood up. What is with this behavior? She was sunbathing. Alpacas love to do this. More »

October 26th, 2008 | Tags: Alpacas, sunbathing | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, Notes from a Newbie | Comments (5)