About Alpacas

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT ALPACAS PLEASE CONTACT US TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT. WARNING: SMILING IS CONTAGIOUS AT ARRIBA LINEA

DID YOU KNOW?

ALPACAS ARE PART OF THE CAMELID FAMILY, ALONG WITH LLAMAS, CAMELS, VICUNAS AND GUANACOS.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ALPACAS, HUACAYA (PRONOUNCED WAKAYA) AND SURI

ALPACAS HAVE A LIFE SPAN OF 20 TO 25 YEARS.

ADULTS WEIGH 100-180 POUNDS AND BABIES, CALLED CRIAS, GENERALLY WEIGH 14 - 20 POUNDS AT BIRTH

GESTATION IS APPROXIMATELY 11 MONTHS. AS A RULE ALMOST ALWAYS ONE CRIA IS BORN DURING THE DAY, USUALLY BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 2:00 PM.

THEY COMMUNICATE THROUGH SOFT HUMMING NOISES AND UNIQUE BODY LANGUAGE

THEY DO SPIT... BUT MAINLY AT EACH OTHER, JUST MAKE SURE YOU STAY OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE

THEY ARE GENTLE AND EASY TO HANDLE.

TODAY IN CANADA THEY ARE RAISED FOR THE EQUISITE FIBRE. SHORN ONCE PER YEAR, ALPACAS PRODUCE OF THE WORLDS FINEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS FIBRES, ONCE RESERVED FOR INCAN ROYALTY. WITH 22 NATURAL COLORS, ITS ALSO THE WIDEST ASSORTMENT OF COLOR FOR ANY FIBRE BEARING ANIMAL.

THE DEMAND FOR ALPACAS INCREASE AS MORE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEM, SUPPLY WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIMITED AS THE U.S. AND CANADIAN REGISTRIES ARE CLOSED TO FURTHER IMPORTATION AND ALSO BECAUSE ALPACAS REPRODUCE SLOWLY, THEREFORE THE PRICES ON QUALITY BREEDING STOCK SHOULD REMAIN STEADY

THERE ARE SEVERAL TAX ADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH FARMING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ACCOUNTANT FOR MORE INFORMATION

ALPACAS ARE FULLY INSURABLE

AS WITH ALL INVESTMENTS, INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY SO YOU KNOW THE POTENTIAL AND RISK INVOLVED

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALPACAS:

ALPACA ONTARIO - www.alpacaontario.ca

ALPACA CANADA - www.alpacainfo.ca

CANADIAN LLAMA AND ALPACA ASSOCIATION - www.claacanada.com

THE ALPACA REGISTRY www.alpacaregistry.net

CANADIAN LIVESTOCK RECORDS CORPORATION www.clrc.ca

ALPACANATION.COM - www.alpacanation.com

ALPACA SELLER - www.alpacaseller.com

Marty McGee Bennett's CAMELIDynamics www.camelidynamics.com