Does anyone else have a Alpaca guinea pig?

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lol :) no, they're a pretty well covered breed, apart from in the USA, where they don't have any at all as they're not a recognised breed...but UK, Europe...yeah, they're pretty easy to get hold of :)

although your girl looks like a teddy! where's her hair?! :))

she looks like she's got a bit of fungal on her nose btw...they can be quite prone to fungal :)
 
Oh right it's just he has been to the vets 5 times and all three vets have never heard of a Alpaca ever lol. And his hair doesn't grow long at all it grow outwards like a afro!

And the crust on his nose isn't fungal, his is on his 2nd cold and its a bit of discharge. So i have to clean it every day!
 
haha! that's not surprising...my vet had never seen a peru until I took mine in and they're the oldest longhaired breed of all! :))

I'll see if I can find a pic of my boy...their hair grows constantly throughout their lives, same as other longhairs.
 
this may not work...you might have to click on the link instead of it displaying the pic...

...didn't work...I'll add it when I get home :)
 
Aww haha! Yeah his hair does grow...i trim it in the summer so his more comfortable, but he has quite a coarse coat!
 
Actually, it doesn't matter...that's getting into something that can't be discussed on here.

Needless to say there are several breeds which are classed as 'Rare Varieties' which are very very common...Lunkarya's for example.
 
Alpacas? Tonnes of 'them about!

Try to find a well bred pink eyed alpaca sow though, thats darn near impossible rolleyes lol
 
here we go...my alpaca boar...

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Beautiful x) Hope Snowball gets well soon
 
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here we go...my alpaca boar...

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~grabby hands~

I'll just take a slight detour to Cornwall on my way home from work...what a gorgeous piggie Lizzie.

Swiss are classed as rare too and I used to think they were, but the more I research them the more there are out there. Which is quite excellent really as I would love more Swiss one day!

I get so confused with the Lunkys, alapcas, texels etc, I only know what Swiss are because I have too, a really good breed directory would be useful on here as half the ones online contradict each other and I think people often like to know what they have just for curiosity's sake.
 
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