Wobbly Standing and Taking First Meal~

I went back to check on the newborn Alpaca about two hours after it's birth.  I found it to be a whole lot cleaner, and it was moving about rather wobbly and kept looking for where it might be able to grab some nourishment.  It finally secured a latch on and it was a marvelous scene as I watched this wonderful newborn make it's way about.  A lamb was really quite interested in the young one in the yard and got pretty close, just wanting to say howdy, but momma turned rather quickly to let the lamb know that the newborn already had a momma.  After receiving some nourishment, both the momma and newborn laid down along side each other for a well earned rest.  I shall go back early in the morning to check on the young one.

Friend and follower Arija, may have said it best..." Sometimes we are at the right place for the right reason, not necessarily to be thanked. Somehow I feel that by being part of this miracle you had thanks of a different kind."  Arija, you are so right, it was awesome~

On the Scene of a Newborn Alpaca~

Yesterday morning, I dropped off our new kitten at the Veterinarian's office. She was to have her spaying and front claw procedures, but we decided to wait a little longer, since some Veterinarians prefer to do it younger, others older.  My Vet thought that Survhee had already been through enough and that we should wait.  While I waited on her be taken care of, I took a little side journey, and I was so thankful that I did...you will be too!

I visited once again the nearby Henry's Ark, a local petting Zoo. I had gone to try to get some better images of the male Wood Duck, which I never saw. You enter the area, walk through, turn around and come back with many varieties of animals to view and touch if you wish along the way. As I got to the end and turned around and began my exit walk, something on the ground to my right astonished me, actually took my breath away.

There in those few minutes a momma Alpaca had given birth to a young one. The newborn was in distress as it's front left leg was up over it's head and neck and it could not move. The momma Alpaca seemed to be pleading with me with her huge dark eyes. I went running for Penny, the farm manager to let her know what was going on. She said they never even knew the Alpaca was pregnant, even after having recently shearing her. Penny got into the pen and used a stick that was on the ground to lift the leg from off the neck and over the newborn's head. It just flopped right back over again. Once again, she moved the leg and this time it held to the ground.

It was one of those sweet special moments, one that I must say, I am thankful I was there at the time I was. It was early morn, before others had arrived, the young lady and gentleman had already made their feeding rounds and the high heat of the day...this little one would have succumbed and that makes it a bit of a miracle to me~

Interesting note...the manager whom I have known many years, or the young lady and gentleman that work on the farm, never even said thank you...kind of strange~

More photographs coming later ;)

 Is this precious, or what ;)

And then after the afterbirth had been presented the momma Alpaca laid down with her newborn and had a long bonding session~