My family is going visit an alpaca farm next weekend and I wanted to bring something that we could hand feed to the animals (with the owners permission, of course) Do they eat apples or carrots or something like that?
2006-10-23 05:19:44 · 3 answers · asked by den 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Hmm...at both zoo's I've worked at we fed our Alpacas straw and a grain mix. I would actually contact the owner because most likely they will be funny with you bringing food for the animals. Also I noticed from working with 100's of species of exotics is sometimes they get food favorites...this all can be found out by calling the farm! Good luck!
2006-10-23 05:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by jasonstroble 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alpacas are a type of ruminant, with three stomachs, and a very efficient digestive system, converting food into energy with little wastage. They enjoy short moist grass, plus hay when the grass is limited. In the winter you could allow a small (square) bale of hay per month for each animal and some calf nuts. They enjoy twigs but they rarely ring bark trees unless extremely short of food.
2006-10-23 05:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. they like carrots. i'm not sure about apples. you could take some anyway. they would probably like some rainins. but i don't know if the owner would want you to feed them.
2006-10-23 07:51:57 · answer #3 · answered by iluvmihorse12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋