So, how are YOU choosing to spend National Alpaca Farm Days this year?
We decided to tour an alpaca farm.
Here's some of what we saw:
Perhaps the highlight was the 6-week-old baby alpaca (technically called a cria) that we got to watch learning how to eat its first hay.
She's the light brown one in this video:
Among the things we learned during our visit:
----- Ohio has more than 1200 alpacas these days - apparently the most of almost any US state.
----- Although some top breeding males sell for $100,000 or more, you can get yourself a good male pet alpaca for about $500.
----- If you DO get a male pet alpaca, be sure to also get him an alpaca friend. They're herd animals and will cry real tears and get very depressed if kept alone.
----- An acre of land can support as many as 5 alpacas - and according to one man we talked to, a hotel room can support a single small alpaca for at least a few days if it has to.
To find the closest alpaca farm to you that's offering tours tomorrow, go here.
I like the alpaca in the third picture. I think it looks like it ate a little wildwood weed.
ReplyDeleteThe captcha is phyponci. That's a new level of sublimity.