Long story short, I now have one boy alpaca all alone in his pasture by himself so I started troubleshooting about how to make sure his mental health did not deteriorate, given alpacas are herd animals. I started thinking about getting him company, but not ready to think about another alpaca. Let him in with girls? Danger, Will Robinson. Maybe a goat? Hmm. I started browsing animals on craigslist. Given the season, it should come as no surprise that there were several postings for rabbits.
I am not an angora person myself, but I have thought about an angora rabbit or two when I buy fiber at the shepherd's festival. And now that I am trying to get this craft biz off the ground, maybe it was time to expand my thinking? So there was a posting for mini satin rabbits (a fur rabbit) where the photo showed one of the kits was a throwback and had the longer angora type fiber. The poster responded that only one animal was available, and it was that throwback rabbit. So I took the leap and now have a mini satin angora rabbit to bond with.
Yes, that doesn't help my big boy alpaca, and now there are two herd animals without a herd. I have only a smidge of buyer's remorse.
