Last week , I talked abouthow we stooge make Kyd . llama and alpacasdo things wholly differently . I wager you ’ll be surprised !
Llamas and alpacas are camelids . Camelids include Old World camels ( two - hump Bactrian camels and one - humped Camelus dromedarius ) andSouth American camelids , namely llamas , alpacas , guanacos and vicuñas . South American camelids evolve in the high Andes Mountains , where it ’s fairly warm by day but bitingly frigid at nighttime — even in the summertime . To survive , they develop unique genteelness behavior , such always own their sister ( called crias ) during the strong daytime hours , usually between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. , so their crias are on their feet and dry before nightfall .
distaff llama and alpacas used for breeding function are usually tangle for the first sentence when they ’re 15 to 18 months old . male usually ca n’t execute that youthful . Until a male reaches puberty , generally around 2 to 3 geezerhood of age , his member remains attached to the inside of his prepuce , the sheath of skin that protects it when he is n’t aroused . Normally , a male ’s prepuce points backward , but when he ’s ready to cover a female , it points forward and his penis peg out .
Female llamas and alpacas do n’t follow in heat because they ’re induced ovulators . That means unless they ’re pregnant , they can be bred at any time . The human action of pairing causes the female ’s ovaries to release an egg . She ovulate 24 to 48 hours after she and her fellow do their affair .
Breeding commonly takes position in a small , secure area , such as a sturdy round playpen so that the female ca n’t jump out if she gets annoyed . Someone leads the male to his waiting girlfriend and the activeness begin . The manly disport around and sniffs the female to court her , and he start making a typical mating sound call orgling . Finally , he ’ll jump on the female from the seat . If she is n’t already pregnant , she ’ll sit down with her legs pucker underneath her ( this is called Harvery Williams Cushing ) , and he ’ll sit down behind her , bit by bit attract himself forward until his member unfold all the way into her uterus . During mating , he orgles , nibbles her ear and caresses her shoulders with his front fundament . pairing can last from 5 to 45 minutes , though 20 minutes or so is the average . When the happy couple stands up , they ’re returned to their usual quarters and that single upbringing commonly does the trick .
To stop to see if the female person ovulate , she and the male return to the breeding pen 7 days later for a “ spittle off . ” If the female ovulate , she ’ll patter at the male and go away from him and mayhap kick him — she wo n’t cush so he can breed her again .
After another 7 day , back to the nurture pen they go . If the female cull the male during the 2d spit off , she is very belike pregnant . A veterinarian can do an ultrasound on the female person commencement about 45 days after breeding to make certain .
Between 315 to 370 day by and by ( about 11.5 months is distinctive ) , she ’ll give birthing to a individual cria in a pretty outre way . At the ending of her labor , she ’ll scrunch so that most of the cria ’s body dangles manoeuvre down from her vulva for up to 5 minutes while unstable and mucose drainpipe from his oral fissure . Then with one last muscle contraction she pushes him out and , splat , he hits the ground . I ’m sure glad mama goats do n’t do it that way !
