Of the 5 participating farms, I managed to visit 2 for the national alpaca farm visit day. My first stop was Hum Sweet Hum, with Cindy Myers. Cindy gave her visitors apple slices and baby carrots to feed to the alpacas, who were generally very friendly and used to being handled. She told me alpacas have no front top teeth, only a hard pallet, so they chew with their back teeth so need smaller pieces of hard things – no whole apples or big carrots. Cindy works full time with her alpacas, filling her house with fiber and clicker-training the animals to bow, kiss, and jump through hula-hoops. The second farm was Aragon Alpacas with Ann and Mike Dockendorf. Ann is a spinner, knitter, felter, and works as a digital designer I believe. The barn gets cleaned every day, and once a week, Ann has an intern who comes and helps her out on the farm for the day.
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