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We left Frankie on his own for one day, and then the next day, since he seemed to keep up next to the fence where the two boys (Sumac and Orlando) were, we decided to let him in with them.
We kept checkign that he was Ok and not being bullied. Later, near evening time, Sumac decided to “use” Frankie, and got very amorous with him. Frankie didn’t seem to object, but after the event frankie was bleeding from the mouth. We had to catch him and check him. It appeared he had bitten his tongue and was dripping blood everywhere.
We kept an eye on him, but put Sumac and Orlando back in their own paddock and kept Frankie in his usual one.
The bleeding stopped quite quickly and soon he was munching away as usual.
This morning (the day after the event) Frankie ate his grain as normal and seemed not at all put out by the events of yesterday.
Alpacas seem to be very resilient animals!

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Today we put Visa and Chopaka in the same paddock in the hope that they will mate. They have been in together for about four hours so far, and Chopaka has shown no interest in Visa! However, he has been eating and munching non-stop since he has been in there! I think it has more grass than his old paddock!

Frankie, the little white Alpaca that we had gelded a few weeks ago, was put in with the two pregnant girls, since we thought he could do them no harm. However, he got very friskie and started harrassing the two girls, chasing them and trying to mount them. So we decided to put him back in his paddock on his own.

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I did some mowing this morning. I had started last week and mowed the front lawns and the back first bit, round by our pool and by the new paddock that we are in the process of putting in. So this morning I thought I would start on the back three acres. I never got once round before the mower gave up….. it still would go but the blades did not cut. I stopped the mower, got off and looked underneath, determining that the drive belt was loose and for some reason the bit that held the blade and the belt was lower than it should be.
When hubby got home he looked at it and determined that I had broken the bit that held this up.. a big thick chunk of a bit that would be diifficult to break!
We took it in to be fixed, and luckily they had the part and within two hours we fetched it home…. Complete now with new drive bit, and new blades.
Let’s hope that there are no more big stones that I can hit that would weaken my mower and bend my blades!

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Thanks to my daughter, yet again, for sorting out my problems on my blog. She has it up and working again and has even given it a new look. So Thank You, my lovely daughter!

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