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