Leslie the alpaca vet was here again and doing the final vet certificate for Bandelier to travel to his new home in New Mexico via the GWAS show in Denver Colorado......quite a long way for a little guy on his first trip....
He did not like having a chip put under the skin behind his ear but was fine about everything else. For his trip to Colorado he needs a shot of Ivermectin or similar within 21 days of travelling. Apparently its to prevent the transmission of scabies.....you live and learn.....I didn't even know scabies was a problem in alpacas.

Leslie also took a look at Gifford the Australian Shepherd who is suffering from bad skin allergies despite being on an allergen free diet.....the next step is to try a "pulse" dose of anti-biotics....poor old Gifford.

The irrigation system is now being flushed out prior to starting in earnest with irrigation in the early part of next week sometime.



The weather has been quite mixed today with a good scattering of April showers..each one timed to arrive just after you are convinced that its safe to leave the truck window open! Then the sun pops out and you get the most amazing rainbows.....

I am now going to collect the anti-biotics for Gifford and some wall charts to help with the planning of the irrigation and pasture rotation.

Adrian Stewart - click here to go to Mulberry Alpacas