Hi Everyone,
We acquired 6 alpacas a few years ago (although you never really OWN an alpaca). Today we sheared them and noticed that a few of them were quite underweight. I was shocked as this has not been a problem in previous years and the extra rain has promoted seemingly good grass growth. I talked to the shearer about it (he's teaching me) and he said that even though the grass looks great, it has a lot more water and may be nutritionally poor this year. He suggested supplementing their diet with cracked corn, carrots and apples. He advised to go light on with the apples though as they might have a laxative effect. Has anyone experienced this? I'm thinking of supplementing their diet to get their weight back up with a mix of alpaca or pony pellets which they are familiar with with some cracked corn and maybe a few carrots to start with but I've offered them carrots before and they ignored them.
