Eureka!

Minnie sits in the 'shadow' of Moira's shower,


Minnie takes her first bath or shower in two years -
"go away Moira, I've waited a long time for this".


A slightly dramatic title, but it's appropriate - Minnie never puts her feet in the trough or water tray, though she will sit beside if one of the other girls is paddling, hoping to get some over-splash - so in two years she has never had a bath or paddle - clearly she enjoys a shower eau natural i.e when it rains.

But today I was cleaning out the water trough and had laid the hose on the grass while I scrubbed the trough - all the girls gathered, Moira took the first shower, and Minnie sat down beside her true to form, then when Moira was finished she looked a bit closer, sat down and had a good soak.

Meanwhile a weekend of routine husbandry tasks, sandwiched by scraping, sanding and puttying windows - at least from a ladder I had a better view of the alpacas.

Tomorrow, Minnie has a spit-off booked, and as other breeders are notching up cria births weekly, we are looking forward to our only birth this year as Pelachuta is due in 16 days.