Surilox Alpacas

About Surilox Alpacas - if you have landed on this page you are probably looking for information about alpacas, or for alpacas to buy.

We have been farming alpacas for over 20 years, and had a reasonably large herd of over 150 alpacas.

There are many things you need to know about alpacas before you commit to keeping them as livestock, pets or livestock guardians.

Yes
  • they are intelligent
  • usually friendly
  • are reasonably easy to handle
  • are great to watch and you will spend a lot of time just watching their antics
  • eat grass - good grass not weeds
BUT
  • they are difficult to keep alive in the Australian environment
  • knowledgeable good alpaca vets are few and far between
  • they need a huge amount of husbandry
  • they need a huge amount of supplement minerals to stay healthy
  • they are resilient to the point of looking healthy until they are an hour or 2 away from death

OUR ADVICE IS TO FIND OTHER LIVESTOCK TO KEEP and ENJOY

ALPACAS ARE NOT SUITED TO LIVING IN AUSTRALIA

PS Do Not eat them - contrary to what certain animal associations will tell you Alpaca meat is almost toxically high in Cholesterol