One tip we have for small alpaca breeders that don't have the space to separate moms from their weanlings. Sometimes a weanling will insist on nursing or is so persistent that the Mom allows it to nurse. We have also a Mom who absorbed the fetus and encouraged its previous cria to begin nursing again, especially when all the other moms in the paddock were have new babies. If the farm can't separate them because of lack of space, we have been successful at deterring the nursing by applying Bag Bam to teats of Mom. You don't need very much, just a swipe, baby hates it. You only need to apply every other day, but you must be diligent at this for a week or more, baby will continue to check. The position of the teat on Mom is tucked up enough that the Bag Bam doesn't make any mess. Like I said before, only a little dab will do.

Doris Randall,
Randall Stick Park

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