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Supply list
Orchard grass hay, second cut if possible. Halters and leads. I prefer the halters at Zephyr farms. one small and one large will fit almost any alpaca you have. I like a lightweight lead that I can keep in my pocket. halters at: camelidynamics.com leads at useful llama items Water buckets. unless you can put in automatic waterers. ( I love mine) they came from http://www.pacaweb.com/atv/ click on the "Frank Fountain" Many items below can be purchased from Useful Lama Items http://www.usefullamaitems.com Some of the items* below you might need to solve a problem, Remember when you have a problem, there might not be enough time to wait for an order to arrive, so best to be prepared!! *Fibrevive can keep an alpaca alive while you try to figure out what's wrong. I order mine here For a good camelid probiotic, try the *Master Blaster (can be ordered with Fibrevive above) I also use MSE now as a probiotic - see link below Toenail trimmers *Thermometer *Syringes 6 cc ( I buy a box of 50 ) *1/2" X 20 needles make sure they work with your syringes. I use Luer lock CDT vaccine. (needs to be refrigerated) Scale - check out www.arlynscales.com Cria coats - older or thin adults might need a coat too depending on your climate. Cria kit ( from Useful llama items ) Add a bottle of Karo syrup and a shoelace to your cria kit Novalsan (disinfectant) *Wormers: Ivomec Plus , safeguard , Valbazen (NOT for pregnant females) *Minerals I have switched to Golden Blend minerals. The alpacas here love them!! It has allowed me to cut back the amount of pellets I need to feed and the herd looks great. Order them at Custom Milling http://www.custommilling.com/ *MSE, a probiotic drench is great to maintain a healthy rumen during times of stress: http://www.naturs-way.com/ Another new product to have for the unexpected bout of diarrhea is *Bio-sponge. order it from Platinum Performance here
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