Paca Facts....

• Alpacas are Native to South America living in the mountainous regions and where imported to North America around 1984.
• Alpacas were once reserved for royalty and have been domesticated for about 6,000 years.
• Alpacas are intelligent, curious, clean and fairly easy to raise.
• Alpacas can be managed on small pastures or acreage (5-7 Alpacas to 1 acre).
• They are extremely easy to raise and can be handled by almost anyone. They are safe around seniors and children.
• Alpacas are very hardy and adaptable to most climates, altitudes and conditions.
• Classified as livestock and provide great tax benefits.
• Adult Alpacas weigh an average of 100 -175 pounds and are about 36' tall at the withers.
• Female Alpacas have a gestation period of 11 months.
• Baby Alpacas are called Crias.
• Alpacas are easy and inexpensive to feed.

• They are easily transported in a van or stock trailer.
• Alpacas rarely spit at people but can spit at each other on occasion, but if threatened, they can spit to protect themselves.
• Alpaca droppings are practically odourless and are easy to clean up after.
• Alpaca poop is great for gardens....veggies have never had a better growing area until paca poop!
• A herd of Alpacas will create bathroom areas in two to three different spots to "go". We call this communal pooping.
• Alpacas generally are NOT killed for meat but in South America it is considered their livestock such as North American cattle or sheep.
• Alpacas have a wonderful cashmere like fleece that is shorn once a year.
• Alpaca is hypo allergenic and has little or no lanolin in the fleece.
• Alpacas are a stress fee investment and certainly a love to have in your back yard.
• Alpacas are a quiet animal and have a soft humming or cooing sound.
• There are two types of alpacas, Huacaya and Suri.
• Alpacas are in the Camelid family and are cousins to camels, llamas, vicuna and guanoco.
• Breeding stock are microchipped and registered with the CLRC.