Alpacas Magazine - 2010 Spring

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Month Six: Healthy and Happy
and Over 100 pounds!
She did it! She weighed 104.1 pounds, mid-
month. I started giving her the herbal mixture
only once a day and she continued to gain and
was 110.2 pounds by the end of the month.
She was now healthy and happy and ready to
breed when the breeding season started! She was
beautiful and her fiber felt like champion fleece!
Month Seven:
We slowly stopped giving the herbal mixture and
Annie was staying at a consistent weight around
115 pounds. She was a perfect 3 out of 5 body
score. She would be bred in a few months. Yeah!
10 Months after arriving at our ranch:
Healthy, Happy and Pregnant!
Annie weighed 128 pounds when she was bred.
This was 10 months after she came to our ranch
with several health issues and weighing 77.8
pounds. She was later confirmed pregnant with
an ultra-sound and weighed 134.8 pounds!
Today, as I write this article, Annie weighs
139 pounds. Dr. Buchanan, the owners, and we
are all thrilled with her progress and look forward
to Annie having a healthy cria. We want to thank
Dr. Ben Buchanan and his staff at Brazos Valley
Equine Clinic for all their assistance with Annie
during her rehab here at our ranch.
The goal in Holistic Animal Care is to help the
animal heal itself with different natural therapies.
I believe that healing is a team effort that involves
God, the animal, the veterinarian, and the people
that love them. If I can help in this team effort,
then I’ve provided a gift from my heart.
Candace and her husband, Larry, have owned alpacas
since 1998 and manage a herd of approximately 70 alpacas
at their Mountain Dream Alpacas ranch in Navasota, Texas.
Candace is a Certified Animal Therapist and Licensed
Massage Therapist. Candace doesn’t diagnose and works
closely with the animal owner’s veterinarian. Their new
company, , carries a line
of natural health care products for alpacas. You can reach
Candace at
or
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