Ruby joins the herd. | Mullacott Alpacas

Our other new arrival. Meet Brogan. He is serving his quarrentine time with Bertie. (Alpacas should never be kept on their own). They used to live together before Bertie came to live with me and it seemed like they remembered each other when we put them together. We introduced them by walking them into the quarrentine paddock together, so neither felt it was ‘their teritory’. It was new ground to both of them. This can be helpful with boys who are more keen to have a position in a heirachy than

We had JUST started integrating our newest alpaca boys with our main herd when Neptune developed an eye ulcer. 🤦🏻‍♀️ These are incredibly common in alpacas because of their enormous eyes, and we’ve experienced a few this year unfortunately, but Neptune’s is also paired with an abscess right under his eye which complicates the situation. For the next week or so, Neptune has to be on stall rest, which means he’ll be staying inside with his Mermen fam. He’s getting four times a day meds and once