Well our female alpaca put on such an incredible performance it meant that the ultrasound was inconclusive.... Very frustrating for Dr Timpson and very frustrating for me.

We drew blood and will run a progesterone test to see what we can discover. Hopefully we will get something that is a strong indicator but even the blood test isn't always conclusive.

I was half hoping that the stress of the exam might induce some activity but not even that triggered any reaction...apart from copious spitting and alarm calls.

Needless to say the flying spit and kung fu leg action meant I didn't get any pictures for the Blog.

Meanwhile she shows no signs of delivering and two other alpacas mated at the same time and same location are in a similar condition.....so I am beginning to wonder if the breeding dates are wrong for some reason! Worth some double checking I feel.

We also took the stitches out of the female alpaca that had a subcutaneous cyst removed. I must confess they were long overdue and I had totally forgotten!

The two young male alpacas heading off to California passed their health check with flying colors. So now we just need to do a fecal in early August. The vet clinic have purchased a fecal centrifuge (slower than a blood centrifuge) so the results should be more meaningful...hopefully.

Adrian Stewart
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