Little Survivor

Eden is her name. She is about 50 lbs of spunk and soft brown silky locks. We keep a coat on her because she is so small and has had such a tough time since she was born last June.

Eden’s mother, Carmel Charm is a beauty and Eden is her first cria(baby). Due to a difficult birth…unusual for alpacas…Eden was born with brain damage. At birth, she was blind and kept walking in circles to the right. Because she was blind and neurologically impaired, she couldn’t figure out how to nurse from her mum. So my good friend, Sherren came to the rescue. She babysat and bottle fed her for several days. When Sherren had to leave, I took over. We bottle fed her and worked with her to get her under her mother to nurse. Eventually, Eden improved and now she bounces around the pasture with the other babies and readily nurses from Charm.

She seems to have recovered most of her eyesight. But she is still very small for her age. We don’t know if she will ever be able to have her own babies, but it doesn’t matter. She is special and a survivor and very friendly. She is White Dog farm’s“little Ambassador”, greeting everyone with a little “hum” and a nose nuzzle.