Alpacas?

FearDark

Can you buy them as pets?
Where can you buy them in Ireland?
Any specail laws I should know about regaurding them?

star-pants

Not being smart but why do you want an Alpaca?
Do you have room / time to care for it? Have you researched them?

http://www.alpacaseller.com/info/irbreederlist.php
http://www.owning-alpaca.com/index.html
http://www.alpacasofireland.com/about%20us.htm

FearDark

star-pants wrote: »

Not being smart but why do you want an Alpaca?
Do you have room / time to care for it? Have you researched them?

http://www.alpacaseller.com/info/irbreederlist.php
http://www.owning-alpaca.com/index.html
http://www.alpacasofireland.com/about%20us.htm

I didnt come here saying Im going getting one, Im not in the position to get one at all, Im meerly enquiring. I have researched them but as researching anything to do with alpacas in Ireland im drawing a blank unless I want to farm them, which of course I dont want to do.

ian_m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_IvFbi9qzE

They are very cool.

star-pants

FearDark wrote: »

I didnt come here saying Im going getting one, Im not in the position to get one at all, Im meerly enquiring. I have researched them but as researching anything to do with alpacas in Ireland im drawing a blank unless I want to farm them, which of course I dont want to do.

Well the links I put up there should give you some information. I couldn't find specific laws on Alpacas in Ireland, but there's breeding information/where you'd get one etc in the links

FearDark

ian_m wrote: »

They are very cool.

Yes they are, we saw some yesterday in Coolwood farm in Killarney and they were just the coolest things...! Just wondering is all

FearDark

star-pants wrote: »

Well the links I put up there should give you some information. I couldn't find specific laws on Alpacas in Ireland, but there's breeding information/where you'd get one etc in the links

That alpacas-in-ireland website was all I could find yesterday but it was down all day and this morning, well its working now and I might be able to get some info from there now.

bionic.laura

They are very cute, this wesbite has cute pictures and information on alpaca. I don't know if they'd make great pets though. I met a farmer who had some and he said they are curious and come over to you but they aren't so tame. He said they would attack his dogs and also foxes. He keeps them in a field with lambing ewes as they protect the lambs. I have alpaca fleece which I'm spinning on my spinning wheel into wool. They make great fiber producing animals as their hair is very warm and soft.

Purrfection

Just came across this thread.
The Alpaca Association of Ireland will advise on ownership and purchase of alpacas, web site is www.alpaca.ie
2011 national show was in Ennis and there will be a show at Tullamore in august at the national livestock show (14th)