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Onyx update.
Here is Jenny, my amazing vet. Luckily she was working yesterday. She did blood tests ( confirmed Simon’s home testing was accurate) and that there was no sign of infection. So decision was taken to give plasma. I will do another post on why and how, when I make the next video of Onyx. The transfusion went well. Her reading is now 6.1 which is good.
She’s now home with mum (and back in Simon’s care).
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Reading all your posts and seeing the amazing Jenny in action is wonderful! This could be my favorite cria photo ever and Onyx has stolen my heart. ❤️
Great smiles on both Jenny and Onyx!
That’s what I like to hear .xxx
HOW do you keep up with all their names???
Thank you so much for sharing…! GOD IS SO GOOD! prayers for continues health and blessings upon you, Simon and her vertrenary care.
I love to see how much you care about one little cria. She is beautiful and a special little soul. Just look at those eyes. I can tell your vet is a lovely soul, giving such special care to Onyx. Thank you for sharing this journey with us.
Always a joy to know that things are getting better. She look's adorable and the vet too. 🤗 💖
Onyx is SO stinkin’ cute!!! Wish my husband would let me have some Alpacas, we have over 1,000 acres.
This has been a wonderful story loving the updates thank you all for caring so much
Your vet seems like she is amazing , and caring ❤️ Hoping little Onyx keeps getting stronger and healthy
The best news. She is so beautiful keep getting stronger gorgeous girl xx🙏❤️❤️
So glad she is doing better Love you sweet Ontx❤️❤️🙏🏼
Such a sweet face! I hope she feels better soon! <3
So glad that things have improved. She is so sweet.xx🍀🥰
I think Onyx will always be a special favourite with all your fans. Good news about her progress. 😎
Atta Girl Onyx! We knew you could do it! With a little help from your humans of course!
Beautiful girl! Glad she’s doing better! Keep on smiling little girl! 🦙
That's such good news. Look how adorable she looks .
Rooting for Onyx from 🇨🇦
Terrific news God bless you all xx
What a beautiful little face she has x get well soon little alpaca
can i have your email add ..thanx im from the Philippines🙏❤ GOD BLESS🙏🙏🙏
THE BEST care from Jenny & Simon….. onyx is very very special
So adorable hope she keeps fighting xx❤️
Wonderful news. Keep going little Onyx. Xxxx well done Jenny too xxx
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A name beginning with P? Peony as my peony is in flower
Looks a little dysmature with the curvy ears and wonky legs, but both should straighten up fine. She’s a cutie!
So cute!!
Awe.. she is so precious.. 😍
Can’t wait everybody always decides on unusual names.xxx
I'm sure that you have named her by now, but I've just had a chance to give it some thought and can't resist sharing! Persephone – AKA Persie perhaps, or Parthenope, the name of Florence Nightingales's sister !
This was Tuesday. I told you I was behind!
Dahlia, Mabel, Melody, Gloria and Destiny move to their new home. It is lovely. They settled immediately with lovely new owners Stephen and Nicky.
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Well it looks lovely but I’m surely confused! Gloria and Destiny are last year’s cria, and Melody did not get pregnant last year, but on my list Dahlia and Mabel were both pregnant to Paintsplash. They ought to be due very soon; are they still pregnant? I know it doesn’t really matter, but you know I like to keep track of things ! My friends say “How are your alpacas this week Cindy?”
Happy new home ladies. You are going to have a lovely life there
Good luck ladies your new home looks lovely 🥰
Nice that all 5 of them got a home together. It's a lovely place and I love the new owners can contact you with any questions they may have about their crias. Thank you for sharing.
Love following and learning. They are alot of work wow beautiful girls
they have a lovely new home! lucky girls!
Hope they have a lovely life in their new home!❤️💋God bless you ALL!❤️💋❤️💋
New Home looks amazing 👏 👏👏
Good luck ladies 🤗💖
Beautiful! I love watching your videos. I wish you were closer to me . I so want one .☝️
Awww. Home sweet home…
Looks beautiful. ❤️🇨🇦
So nice for them.
Beautiful
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Beautiful 😍♥️
Oh wow😍
Later update (2.40pm). Plasma transfusion underway.
Quick update. Blood tests by vet and probably plasma transfusion this morning for Onyx.
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Such Sweat face. And and those eyes. 🤞🙏❤️
I know very little about the health of the baby, but it is beautiful and I am praying for Onyx. 🙏🙏
Hope the transfusion does it’s magic your so sweet Onyx
Keep fighting little girl!
fingers crossed
Omg so precious, hope all goes well 🙂
Very best wishes for your continued improvement dear little Onyx. Hope your transfusion goes well. Prayers for you sweet baby – love you!💕😃🩷🥰🇳🇿xxxxxx
Precious. Will the baby turn black with age like the mother? Just wondering because of the name onyx.
Is this common in baby Alpaca? Or was there a reason she’s deficient? Hoping for a full recovery ❤️🩹
Enjoy playing in the concert: is it bassoon you play?
Do you think sheering had anything to do with her being born early with stress of mom? Is this her first time? Will she be ok? Such a beautiful baby.
You need to see Dr Joel Wallach !!!!!
Praying the transfusion and your wonderful care pull Onyx through this bump in the road!🙏🙏
Ok I am praying and pulling for you sweetheart I hope this makes you feel better ❤️🩹 You are sooo sweet and loved by many who are worrying about you ‼️ Sending you gentle hugs
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It is so weird! She looks so good on the outside. She is nursing, up and walking and looks so healthy but inside she is needing help. I hope the transfusion gets her levels right.
Sending love and positive healing vibes to this little one. Hope all goes well…
Onyx is very cute, hope her transfusion goes well, bless her & she manages to start feeding from her Mummy very soon, best wishes sweetheart xXx 🥰
Hope everything goes well today. Hoping to hear your on your way to good health💗
Bless her little heart, hope everything goes well for her!!🙏🌈💕
Keep up the good work Onyx. Let's hope the transfusion does its job. You are absolutely adorable!
Thousands of miles away and we get so attached to your lovely herd and especially the cria! 🙏❤️
She is soooooo cute…. With her little pink collar. I so hope she goes from strength to strength. She is at the best place to do it 🥰
So happy her treatment is moving along. Praying the transfusion goes well 💗👍🏻😊
Sweet Onyx is such a fighter so praying the transfusion does the trick. Stay well little one.
Simon spotted The King limping this morning (it’s still only 7am). He’s checked him over, nothing obvious. He is weight bearing, so we will monitor today.
We don’t rush to give pain killer, as the pain will stop him over doing it, but we don’t want him to suffer the pain too long.
If he isn’t better tomorrow he may need to go onto limited exercise (pen rest, with a companion).
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I have loved Alpaccas for so long, but am very unlikely to be able to have any. This group helps me to feel immersed in their care and to understand their needs. Thank you Mullacot team 🥰
He’s a good looking boy. Hope he’s feeing better soon!
You are so educated and excellent with your herd. God Bless.
Awwww. Poor shang!!!
Hope he feels better soon.xxx
Feel better hope it’s nothing serious
Oh poor thing.❤️
I wonder if it's his hip or knee 🤔. That's how I walked when I hurt my hip. Hope he feels better soon.
I do understand the concern. Hopefully he will improve quickly and it is nothing serious. They are all so special.🤗
He has a dark spot on his hind knee…maybe natural colouring or maybe slipped in a muddy area 🤔
Tender moments. You guy are on it. Take care 😘
My boy is the same since being sheared 10 days ago.. Not our usual shearers and I feel they may have been a bit rough with him… 😢
Oh my… hope The King feels better soon.
Hope he's better soon!❤️💋I understand about the pain killers as I do the same!❤️You look after them SO well!❤️💋God bless you ALL!❤️XXX ❤️💋❤️💋
Hope he gets better soon x
His knee looks a little unstable. I’ve often thought about using KT tape on animals but you couldn’t guarantee they won’t chew it off x
Sending out healing energies for an easy resolution. Poor baby.
I love Alpacas and the sweet sound they make ❤️
I hope he is all better soon
Gonna lift up The King in prayer as well.
Hey Simon, hang in there so you will feel better🥰🙏🏻🥰
So much to do with the young ones and their mums.
There is a big dark mark on his left stifle ….wonder if he got kicked or a bang.
Poor boy😢…..hope he is feeling better soon!❤️🐾❤️
Thier little voices, so adorable Hope the King is feeling better soon
Update on Onyx.
She is still alert and suckling.
Her blood test yesterday showed her total protein in the blood (indicative of antibody levels) has dropped again to 4.8. This is getting into the levels where a plasma transfusion may be appropriate. Our vet is reviewing her today and we have frozen plasma ready if needed.
I’m about 6 hours north of home today, playing in a music concert, so there may not be opportunity to post again to day.
Picture from yesterday, with the temporary outside pen Simon made for Onyx and Claudia. (And Nero with Ureka).
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Have a wonderful concert and safe trip home! What instrument do you play? Obviously you are a woman of many talents! 😀
Hoping for all the best healing energy for onyx!
Praying for Onyx
Thank you for sharing
Have a good. Sounds like that baby in good hands Where is concert ?
Dr Sun putting on a smile , they're looking great out there! Hope Onyx will continue to be OK 👌🏼 What do you play, a concert sounds very impressive!
What a dear heart Simon is!!
Thanks for the update. And thank God for Simon! What instrument do you play?
Still praying for Onyx I am happy that she is alert and suckling 👏👏👏👏 I know that she’s not out of the woods yet but she has a lot of prayers and support for this precious baby girl. Many thanks for your updates we all appreciate your efforts 👍👍
Stay strong everyone.💪 Must be hard focusing on your music, you must be thinking of home. I hope you can enjoy your music, you deserve to, Kate.
This is good news. She is so beautiful sending lots of love and prayers for onyx and her mum xx🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️
Praying for a good outlook for Onyx she is Beautiful I love Animals they are soo loving ♥️
Thank you for the update. Praying 🙏 for Onyx. Safe travels friend
It's great that Onyx is now suckling her mother . ❤
Kate, I’m glad you have music as an outlet for the stress you must sometimes feel over caring for your beautiful alpacas. It keeps you balanced. I have a good friend who plays the bassoon in a local community orchestra. Rhapsody in Blue coming up a week from Sunday. I love Gershwin! ❤️ Thank you for the update on sweet little Onyx.
Thank you for the update and thank you Simon for making Onyx and mom a little place outside to enjoy. Stay strong Onyx.🥰❤️🇨🇦
I really appreciate that you give every cria the best chance to thrive.
Kate…. you Simon and your team are amazing! All the best for a positive outcome!
Wonderful to know you have everything at hand just incase. Lots of prayers for mum and bub.
Praying for a very positive outcome with a healthy Onyx in the end!
You look after your animals SO well!❤️ Onyx looks SO beautiful and I'm sure she will be fine with you looking after her!❤️God bless you ALL!❤️XXX❤️❤️❤️
Stay strong little Onyx. We are all rooting for you.
Thanks for the update on Onyx… nice little corral for them. 🙏 How fun to be involved in a music concert. What instrument(s) do you play? Enjoy…
Still praying Onyx and all of your animals, and of course YOU! Thank you and I wish you well!
Hope she gets the plasma will make her feel a lot better xx
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Get stronger and stronger little one.
Thanks for the update. Sweet little baby. Thank you, Simon!
So precious keep fighting little one
She looks amazingly strong: not knock kneed at all! Praying that everything is developed enough internally, and that her numbers go to where they should be with regular feedings. She is beautiful!
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She's sooooooo beautiful, keep improving cute little Onyx, you can do it ❤️❤️
Such a cute little cria. Hope she does better. I'd love to give her hug 🤗
Looks like momma keeps coming close to her for her to eat!! Prayers that she improves more and more each day!!!
She’s doing great! I hope she doesn’t have to have too much more “intervention”?!
Her momma is so tiny. Keeping my fingers crossed Onyx gets better.
Beautiful little baby and Momma 💕 Sending special prayers for you!
You look beautiful little Onyx – keep on improving – we’re all rooting for you! Great that you’re feeding from Mum! Love and best wishes from New Zealand. 🩷😃💕🇳🇿xxxxxx
Loving hearing this what a brave baby well done to all helping her. Sigh she makes your heart melt 💗 Well done Mumma Claudia 💗
She is looking better. With all the love she has you will all suceed
You are a cutie little Onyx. Stay strong and get well.❤️🇨🇦
Still a little wobbly legs but looking stronger than yesterday. He is very good looking
Glad she's feeding from mom. Praying her numbers go up and she's on the track to be well❤
On Onyx you are so beautiful Hope you improve and all is well
Well done Simon darling!❤️💋Doing a great job for our beautiful baby!❤️💋Keep fighting Onyx, you are doing fine little one!❤️XXX ❤️God bless you ALL!❤️💋❤️💋
She is beautiful Prayers the #s go up
Absolutely beautiful!💖
She is so adorable
That’s great so beautiful 🤩
Oh no! We continue to pray for her. Thank you for updating your followers.
Come on Onyx keep strong 🥰🥰❤️❤️
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Every year it is exciting to see the pregnant moms and wonder what their cria will be like!
Before being shorn vs after is like maternity clothes in the past vs maternity clothes now. 😂
Aww all the pretty Mom’s look so pregnant after they were shorn. All those baby bumps
Seeing the baby bumps is amazing! 🥰💚
I’m amazed at all you DO post and update! 🤗
Yay Baby Bumps! Thankyou for walking through & introducing the Mum's.
Do the twin pregnancies ever survive? They all look so beautiful.
Such beautiful animals
Awww… sweet moms-to-be.
Busy night ahead. Hope all goes well for the girls x
Can't see the baby bumps for the words
Could be a busy night. Hope all goes well for them all. 💖💖💖💖 (for girls)
Beautiful Moms ❤️
Can't see the videos because of the words in the middle of the video
Which one is supposed to have twins?
What in the tea just curious
I think there’s a way to move/ stop them. Check in settings.
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Our planned breeding list.
The male is in the red stripe. Females down the left.
One column per week, each girl only mated once per week. Each boy up to once per day.
Green highlights are sold and won’t be with us when these cria arrive in 2025.
(P) means they are still pregnant, so no planned date to start their matings (usually 17-22 days after birthing, but longer if difficult birth). Once we see this year’s cria, some may change male.
Yellow means they are in the pregnant/new mums group.
Now the important bit! Pale orange highlight means they were mated that date. A pale blue would show they were not interested in mating. A green (very appropriate) highlight means they spat off, so have ovulated and may be pregnant. Two spit offs is very likely pregnant.
Archie and Rio are to be sold. Archie doesnt really have good enough fibre, and I now have enough of his genetics to not lose them. Rio was never intended to stay.
Smurphy and Ivanhoe may be too young to become dads this year, but we will let them meet a girl – they did this week and hadn’t got a clue!
If you’ve worked all that out well done!!!!
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Let Brogan cush down with Ivanhoe and Smurfy and tell them what’s what with the girls, with all his studying he is surely the expert among the boys —- or at least he thinks he is!
Very Interesting to see the mating process
Wow
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Good to see her cushing with her mama!
Wonderful!!🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌
That’s such good news for Onyx continued prayers for her
Great news.❤️
Well done Onyx 🥰
Great news, praying she gets stronger
That’s wonderful news. Both Onyx and Bullseye both have those black eyes against the white is very stunning. I sure hope Onyx makes it!
Glad to hear❤️
This one is my favorite so far. Sending positive vibes for strength and growth!!
Que bien esta con su mama
Everything will work out your amazing very patient kind people doing a great job, thank you for loving animals they are so precious👍🏽😊
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Excellent news – so happy for you all and Darling little Onyx! Keep fighting sweetheart – you can do it! You look so cute in your blue coat!🩷🥰🙏💕🇳🇿xxxxxx
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How is Onyx?
Thank you Jesus for the healing hands. Please continue to protect these beautiful animals and give them extra love ❤️ and healing.❤️🙏✝️
Wonderful news. She looks elegant in her tiny cloak💝😁
That wonderful so glad to hear..xx♥️♥️
It’s great to hear! Keep it up little baby.❤️❤️❤️
Delighted to hear. This mum and cria look like Ying and Yang. Amazing
Oh what wonderful news! Good luck in these future days with all of her testing, measurements, etc.
That's the best news I've heard today. Keep fighting little Onyx, you've got this sweetheart.!❤🦙
Awe! So happy to see her there with her mom!
Awe! You got a little fighter there that wants to live.
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