Alpacas Play Chase

Spencer pursues Pamela's triplets.

Watching the alpacas at play can be extremely amusing. I love how they skip and hop much like the cartoon character PePe le Pew. Our largest alpaca, Hamilton, and our smallest, Spencer, are the alpacas we see playing "Chase" most often. Luckily for them, we have ample targets at the moment; young kids are the most unsuspecting and fun.

Hamilton and Emmilye regard one another across a fence.

 The home pasture fencing is set up to allow the alpacas and female goats access to hay and pasture, and to separate stalls in the barn. At the moment, kids can flow between the pastures through a gap beneath the hay rack. Sometimes the Nubian does, Pamela and/or Leslie, squeeze through as well; although, of late only Pamela has been venturing to join the alpacas. For some reason she can get into the alpacas' pasture with ease, but relies on an opened gate to return to the goat side of the enclosure.

Adult goats will not play "Chase" with the alpacas. As such, the alpacas pay them little mind. Sure, they will share a space at a feed tub, but beyond that the adult goats are not nearly as engaging as the youngsters. Anything that will run when rushed becomes a fair playmate for a frisky alpaca. The kids will soon be chasing enough on their own, I do not feel bad for them when the alpacas use them as playmates.