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Llamas and Alpacas: Small-scale Herding for Pleasure and Profit PDF

356 Pages·2011·11.321 MB·English
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2 Table of Contents Title Page Dedication Introduction CHAPTER ONE - Meet the Lama LAMA HISTORY AT A GLANCE LAMAS 101 THE WILD ONES EVERYDAY LAMAS BASIC LAMA PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER TWO - Buying a Lama and Bringing It Home FINDING A REPUTABLE SELLER BUYING FROM BREEDERS NEAR AND FAR PRODUCTION AND DISPERSAL SALES INTERNET BUYING SALE BARNS REGISTRATION PAPERS METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING LAMAS WORKING WITH LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTERS CHOOSING YOUR OWN CONVEYANCE MANAGING STRESS FINDING AND WORKING WITH A VETERINARIAN VISIT THE CLINIC SCHEDULE A ROUTINE FARM VISIT GENERAL ADVICE CHAPTER THREE - Handling Llamas and Alpacas UNDERSTANDING LAMASPEAK LAMA VOCALIZATIONS BODY LANGUAGE OTHER SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORS 3 ABERRANT BEHAVIOR SYNDROME WHAT CAUSES ABS? IS IT ABS OR NOT? CAN AN AGGRESSIVE LAMA BE SAVED? THE KINDEST CUT—GELDING MALE LAMAS WORKING WITH LAMAS HERDING LAMAS THE LAMA WHISPERERS CHAPTER FOUR - Feeding Llamas and Alpacas RUMINATE ON THIS THE ABCS OF FEEDING LAMAS PASTURE HAY CONCENTRATES MINERALS COOL, CLEAN WATER HEY, HAY! BIG BALES—OR NOT? WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND GOOD BALED HAY CHAPTER FIVE - Housing Llamas and Alpacas HOME SWEET (LAMA) HOME BASIC STRUCTURES BEDDING POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND DINING ACCOMMODATIONS PLACES TO EAT PLACES TO DRINK PASTURE PERFECT FENCING FOR YOUR LAMAS WOVEN WIRE FENCING ELECTRIFIED FENCING FENCE POSTS CATCH PENS AND RESTRAINT CHUTES CHAPTER SIX - Llamas and Alpacas in Sickness and in Health KEEP YOUR LAMAS IN THE PINK 4 SHEAR HAPPINESS HAIRSTYLES FOR LLAMAS AND ALPACAS DO-IT-YOURSELF (OR NOT?) GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS TO BE (OR NOT TO BE) YOUR OWN VET BUILD A BETTER FIRST AID KIT CHECKING VITAL SIGNS WOUND CARE 101 JUST SHOOT ME! ANTIBIOTIC PROS AND CONS STOP DISEASE IN ITS TRACKS—VACCI NATE! USING HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS THE WORMS GO IN, THE WORMS GO OUT DEWORMER-RESISTANT WORMS THE SOLUTION TO DRUG RESISTANCE IS . . . ? EXTERNAL CREEPY-CRAWLIES NOSE BOTS LICE MITES OPEN WIDE AND SAY CHEEEEESE FIGHTING TEETH OVERGROWN INCISORS TRIMMING TOOTSIES THE REST OF THE STORY CHAPTER SEVEN - Breeding Llamas CHOOSING A MALE WHERE TO LOOK A STUD MALE OF YOUR OWN THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, LAMA STYLE BEFORE YOU BREED YOUR LLAMAS PREPARING FOR DELIVERY A WELL-STOCKED BIRTHING KIT ARE YOU READY FOR THE BIRTH? STALL, PEN, OR PASTURE? ARE WE THERE YET? WHEN YOU MUST HELP POSTBIRTHING PROCEDURES COLOSTRUM 5 DON’T FORGET THE PLACENTA TAKING CARE OF BABY MECONIUM HAPPENS KEEPING BABY WARM AND DRY GETTING ALONG WITH MAMA CHAPTER EIGHT - More Great Lama Activities ADOPT A LAMA WHAT RESCUE IS AND ISN’T ADOPTING LLAMAS FOSTER CARE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP GO LLAMA PACKING WHY PACK WITH LLAMAS? COMPETITION PACK LLAMAS DRIVE YOUR LAMAS SHOWING LLAMAS AND ALPACAS GET A LLAMA TO GUARD YOUR GOATS, SHEEP, OR ALPACAS SELL OR SPIN YOUR LAMA’S FIBER CHAPTER NINE - Making Money with Llamas and Alpacas BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE ESSENTIAL STEPS BUSINESS CONTRACTS 101 MORE GREAT WAYS TO EARN MONEY WITH LAMAS MARKET FIBER OR PRODUCTS CREATED WITH LAMA FIBER MARKET LAMA POOP MAN A SHEARING AND TOENAIL-TRIMMING SERVICE LAMA FARM SIT OFFER LLAMA TRIPS BECOME A LAMA WHISPERER TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS CHOOSE A MEMORABLE BUSINESS NAME PROMOTE ! 6 Acknowledgments Appendix: Lama Maladies at a Glance Glossary Resources Index ABOUT THE AUTHOR Copyright Page 7 8 This book is for Barbara Kimmel and Jarelle S. Stein—thank you, ladies, for your encouragement and endless patience—and for Deb Logan and Tina Cochran, whose love of lamas shines in “Advice from the Farm.” 9 10

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