Two new photographs of Martin and Zak added 31st March 2008! Just a quick update on our ‘ever-growing’ family of Alpacas.
You may remember that last summer we were kindly loaned some of Nigel and Ginny’s young male Alpacas to keep ‘Lilly’ company, whilst we waited for ‘Martina’ to fall pregnant. Only then could she be delivered to us from their farm in Atalaya and as Alpacas are herd animals and cannot live on their own, this seemed to be the best solution.
One of the young males was ‘Martin’ (the son of our Martina) who we instantly fell in love with. As you can probably see from the lead photograph, he has the most wonderful large eyes and eye lashes. He is second on the left in the photograph as you look at it.
Another of the boys was ‘Zak’ who was very poorly during his stay with us and whom we helped nurse back to health. He had two very nasty abscesses under both eyes, which resulted in a trip to the vets in the town centre of Ronda. It was quite an adventure, but I will let the photographs tell the story! He is standing behind Martin in the lead photograph and in the forefront of the second photo, so as you can see he has made a full recovery.
Well to cut a long story short, once we had heard that Martin was not going to make it as a sire and was to be castrated (as over 95% of male alpacas are) which made him affordable, so we decided to buy him!
As a gesture of kindness, for the care we had given ‘Zak’ we were asked by Nigel & Ginny if we would like to have him. How could we say no to dear little ‘Zak’, so now we have a family of 4 Alpacas, with two crias on the way!
In addition, we have also agreed to look after 6 more of Nigel and Ginny’s youngsters, as they are currently moving from their farm in Atalaya and staying in rented accommodation (where space is limited) until such time they find a suitable property.
Their names are Lorenzo, Lotte, Mia, Clara, Olympia and Edwina (who is black in colour) As you can see, they have all settled in really well, although 'Lilly' and 'Martina' are not too sure about their new friends!
You may remember that last summer we were kindly loaned some of Nigel and Ginny’s young male Alpacas to keep ‘Lilly’ company, whilst we waited for ‘Martina’ to fall pregnant. Only then could she be delivered to us from their farm in Atalaya and as Alpacas are herd animals and cannot live on their own, this seemed to be the best solution.
One of the young males was ‘Martin’ (the son of our Martina) who we instantly fell in love with. As you can probably see from the lead photograph, he has the most wonderful large eyes and eye lashes. He is second on the left in the photograph as you look at it.
Another of the boys was ‘Zak’ who was very poorly during his stay with us and whom we helped nurse back to health. He had two very nasty abscesses under both eyes, which resulted in a trip to the vets in the town centre of Ronda. It was quite an adventure, but I will let the photographs tell the story! He is standing behind Martin in the lead photograph and in the forefront of the second photo, so as you can see he has made a full recovery.
Well to cut a long story short, once we had heard that Martin was not going to make it as a sire and was to be castrated (as over 95% of male alpacas are) which made him affordable, so we decided to buy him!
As a gesture of kindness, for the care we had given ‘Zak’ we were asked by Nigel & Ginny if we would like to have him. How could we say no to dear little ‘Zak’, so now we have a family of 4 Alpacas, with two crias on the way!
In addition, we have also agreed to look after 6 more of Nigel and Ginny’s youngsters, as they are currently moving from their farm in Atalaya and staying in rented accommodation (where space is limited) until such time they find a suitable property.
Their names are Lorenzo, Lotte, Mia, Clara, Olympia and Edwina (who is black in colour) As you can see, they have all settled in really well, although 'Lilly' and 'Martina' are not too sure about their new friends!
2 comments:
Hola amigos.
¿Habéis visitado ya el nuevo blog del grupo de aprendizaje de español?
Espero un comentario vuestro.
Rafael.
P.S.: Precioso grupo de alpacas.
Hola Rafael
Hemos visitado el nuevo 'Blog' del grupo de aprendizaje de espanol y estamos trabajando en un Alpaca articulo para nuestro 'Blog' en segundahogar-hablamos.blogspot.com
Sera listo por Jueves
Buenos Noches
Linda & Mike
PS: Please make corrections and return - thank you
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