Alpaca Facts

Alpaca Facts and Features

• Average height as shoulder: 90 - 95cm.
• Average weight: Adult male 85kg; Adult female 70kg.
  
• Live for 18 - 24 yars.
• Herd animals (need at least two).
• Induced ovulators: can be mated all year round.
• Gestation period: 335 days (11.5 months).
• Usually give birth in the morning.
• Newborn Cria average weight at birth 6.5kg.
• Twins are rare.
• 4-5 Alpaca per acre.
• Use common dung piles.
• Have soft padded feet.
• Spit when pregnant or when feeling threatened.
• Alpaca are easy to handle and make delightful companions.
• They are curious and intelligent animals.