I eventually arrived home at about 10pm last night after an uneventful journey back down from Pucara.

This morning our vet Dr Leslie Richardson is coming out to check on a mother and daughter that are travelling to Virginia in early October and to ultrasound four of our females.

The TB check on the travelling mother is fine and now all we are waiting for are lab results on the blood draw.



I didn't get an pictures of the ultrasounds we did as I was busy making sure the girls stood still. Which isn't always very easy when they are pregnant.

Out of the four we tested only three were pregnant and that is very disappointing that yet again we have a female that previously tested pregnant and now appears not to be.

In the last twelve months this has happened three times and as I said in a previous Blog we are now moving to a much more rigorous testing of females to ensure that the pregnancies are real in the first place and that they are retained full term. Today is the first step in that new process so I guess its better to spot the open female now rather than later.

Of course three open females means three lost breeding fees and six months wasted. Its a tough lesson to learn and not a problem I have encountered before so I guess I have been very lucky in the past. now I will have to be much more careful.

Well the weekend is almost upon us and our Alpaca show is only two weeks away, I am responsible for vet check so this weekend I will be drafting an e-mail to remind exhibitors about BVD testing and microchips.

Until tomorrow, happy farming and may all your cria be healthy.

Adrian Stewart