Last week was such a good week… our little girl born, Alpaca Farm Days !!! and Sunshine at last..

Short lived as this week has been a downer. We lost our dear boy Presidente on Wednesday September 30. Read about him here, where I blogged on his birthday. As is the way it is with alpaca, he never showed any signs of illness or distress until Tuesday. I saw him on Sunday, and although he tried to hide from me in the barn, I was able to catch up with him and get my paca kisses, how was I to know they would be my last from him. On Tuesday he started showing signs of illness and the vet was immediately called and she diagnosed severe anemia. She took some blood and fecal samples, gave him some pain medication and antibiotics and put him on an IV. But sadly he succumbed to what ever it was that had attacked his evidently weakened immune system and on Wed he traveled over that Rainbow Bridge to join other alpaca friends. I will miss him dearly as he was my first fawn alpaca, my favorite color. He was also a favorite at the farm where he will surely be missed and mourned by his caretakers and his pasture mates. R.I.P. Little Man

The Prez gives kisses to Alexis

Coincidentally… 9/30 was also Trueno’s 1st Birthday and it was somewhat overlooked because of Presidente’s death.

Esplendido's Trueno Blanco