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14.07.2023 - 09:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A newborn alpaca at Almond Valley Heritage Centre can be seen walking about just an hour after being born in adorable photographs.
The unnamed baby alpaca — known as a cria — was born at 12.20pm on Tuesday afternoon to first-time mum Storm. Almond Valley is set to run a competition to name the little one.
Amazingly, the silver-coloured young male was up and about by 1.20pm. He is expected to be running round the paddock, where there are six others, by the end of the week.
More newborns are predicted for later in the year at the site, where Storm herself was born two-and-a-half years ago.
Farm manager Craig Holmes, 35, said: “We normally leave it a few days to announce it but the baby was up on his feet and seemed strong. He is Storm’s first baby, she was also born here.
“It is quite a complicated process, they are normally pregnant for 11 months. You can scan them but it is a lot harder.”
Alternatively, a process named ‘spit off’ is utilised. Following a romp in the grass, the male and female alpacas are then reintroduced a few weeks later.
If the female spits at the male it means she is likely pregnant, as opposed to lying down for another mating session.
Craig continued: “It is a lot harder to identify through a scanner, it might not pick it up so we use ‘spit off’ instead. They start of small and scrawny but grow quickly. Within a week it will be running round the paddock.
“Alpacas are not very intelligent but they are quite pretty. We will run a competition to name him.
“He’s in a field with the rest of the herd. We are expecting more alpaca babies this year. We have a barn in case the weather is bad.”
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