OK, so my sister thinks we should buy Alpacas to roam around on the land she is buying (where I am fantasizing about building a yurt). How cute are these things???
The other night she pasted the following into IM from the site she was reading:
- Alpacas are never bathed, and they still have no odor. Alpacas dung doesn’t even have an odor.
This seemed too good to be true, but THEN she said:
- They also tend to all poop in the same spot in the pasture/paddock, making it easy to clean up after them.
And followed that up with another copy/paste:
- Alpacas are not aggressive animals, they are easy to raise, very hardy and require minimal shelter. They are earth friendly animals with clean habits and a wonderful natural curiosity. Alpacas make a variety of sounds such as clicks and snorts but are best known and loved for their humming.
Add all that to the fact that she told me a week or so ago that they have soft padded feet (instead of hooves) and I have a hard time believing these animals are REAL.
So, if I eventually live in a yurt, maybe I’ll get an Alpaca. hee hee
Alpaca photo borrowed from alpacainfo.com.
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hehehe, and maybe a shiba can become a herder
They’re sooooooooooo cute, oh my god!
Janet – uh huh, riiiiiiiiiiight.
I was entertained by the one Alpaca owner who commented that “Alpacas are a stress-free investment that you can hug.”