Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Alpaca Boutique

On August 27, and August 29, 2014,  we went to the Alpaca Boutique.  The Alpaca Boutique is in Frankfort Michigan.  The first time we went there it was not open, but a worker was there and he picked up a cria and brought it to us so we could see it.  The cria was grey and was very soft.  He did not like being held so he tried to get free.

On the second visit it was open.  They had an alpaca in a pen so people could pet him.  His name was Skyler and he was white.  He liked grass and clovers and cats.  He had babies and he was very sof like most alpacas.  Also in the main area there were lots of alpacas grazing.  They would only chew the tops off of grass not uproot the whole thing.  They also had a large communal poop pile where all of them would poop in, so they didn't have to eat it when they eat there grass.  The farm had about 20 alpacas, 5 of which were babies.  They also had a store with lots of clothing items, pillows, yarn, and more. 

Here are some pictures.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Lewis Farm Alpaca's

On August 24, 2014, we went to Lewis Farm Market to buy some stuff and see the animals.  There was a building with food and other stuff to buy and at the back of the store there was an entrance to a farm.  On the farm they had pygmy goats, donkeys, an ostrich, wallabies, a camel, llamas, alpacas and more.  The alpacas had their own separate cage.  There were only 2 alpacas and they were brownish with other colors too.  They liked to chew on the bars of their cages, and when they did that you could see that they had no top front teeth.  One of them was a little mean and would like to spit on adult men.  My dad was up at the cage, and the mean alpaca was farther back in the cage.  It tried to spit him, but it didn't hit him very hard.  By then I knew that that alpaca didn't like men, so when a man came along I didn't warn him.  He walked right up to the cage, and the alpaca was just a few feet away from him.  It spit directly in his face spraying him really bad.  He was wearing glasses, so it didn't get in his eyes.
They also had llamas and I went to see them.  Llamas ears are very different from alpacas.  Alpacas ears are straight, but llamas ears are kind of curvy.  The llamas were bigger than the alpacas, and they liked men.  Two of the llamas wouldn't come to me even when I had food, but as soon as I stepped out of the barn that they were in, a different llama was following me in a different cage across the path.  I gave him some food, and we headed back to see the alpacas one last time before leaving.

(Sorry, no pictures)

Monday, September 8, 2014

Mason County Fair

On August 9, 2014, we went to the Mason County Fair.  At the fair there was a petting zoo with a cage that had about 10 goats and 1 alpaca.  In a cage next to that there was a camel.  That alpaca was the first alpaca I had ever met.  He was black and had a funny hairdo.  He had recently been shorn everywhere except the head and the lower legs.  He really loved carrots, so we could buy carrots at a stand and give them to him.  He did not spit, and he seemed to like people.  His eyes were really big and black, and they looked so cute.  He and the goats wouldn't fight, but he would usually get the carrots because his neck was so long.  Here are some pictures of him.