Happy New Year, Y'all! How time flies!

Margaret, John and Melissa came back today to clip the fighting teeth on whichever alpacas had them. Turned out that Tinker had a few and Prince only had one wicked one. That is why Tinker's ear kept getting torn up worse and worse. It looked really nasty today. Margaret cleaned it up and put antibiotic on it again.

Tinker's foot busted open again this morning too. We could hardly believe it after how good it looked last Tuesday. We cleaned that up again and re-bandaged it and put a new sock on it. I'm going to go all around the pasture and check for sharp objects and wires sticking out. Steve had closed the gate between the pastures so that we would have easy access to the alpacas when Margaret came. I think I will keep them in the smaller space for awhile. They don't seem to run as much which may help Tinker's foot. Although, Tinker and Prince had another knock-down-fight after feeding time. I think that they will have to be separated eventually, like as soon as I can get another pasture set up.

Kardigan had three fighting teeth cut and Cimarron's were coming in. He will probably have his done at shearing time. Stewie was the only one who didn't have any fighting teeth yet. He's still the baby. I really hope they all don't start fighting when they hit 5 years of age.

I might get to go to Margaret's and help with some shots and management of her herd this week. It will be a great learning experience.

Great Thanks again to Margaret, John and Melissa!