FUN FACTS

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Alpaca do not like to be alone, therefore you should always have at least two. 

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Male and female alpaca are not kept together, they are brought together for breeding.

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Alpaca beans (poop) is a fantastic fertilizer, it will not burn your garden and is all natural.

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Alpaca yarn and products are lighter than wool and warmer than cotton.

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Alpaca fleece is hypoallergenic - there is no lanolin making the yarn soft and not itchy.

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Their fleece is fire resistant and flame retardant.

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They are water resistant and any products made from their fibre also wicks moisture away.

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Alpacas come in 22 colours with hundreds of shades within those colours.

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Alpaca are therapeutic and are often taken to hospitals and nursing homes.

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Alpaca all share a communal washroom.  If you take them somewhere take a bit of poop and they will go wherever you put it.

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In order for female alpaca to have babies the males sing (orgle) to them to get their body to cycle.

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Female alpaca only typically have 1 baby at a time.

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Alpaca are pregnant for about 111/2 months.

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A mama alpaca can control when she has her baby based on temperature and time of day.

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A baby alpaca is called a "cria", a male alpaca is called a "macho" and a female is called a "hembra"

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Alpaca make a humming noise and click when they are happy.  When they see danger they do a high pitched "siren" to alert the others in the herd.

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Alpaca are unique and know when they are pregnant.  To check if she is expecting a cria all we need to do is bring a male to her and if she spits at him chances are she is pregnant.

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If an alpaca lays down with their legs underneath them it is called a "kush".

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