The Comings and Goings of Animals

At no time is the fact more clear that alpacas are social animals then when you change their groupings by moving animals into or moving animals out of the herd . It is a delicate balance. Yesterday, I was reminded of this when I delivered 4 animals to a new client. The group that arrived at their new destination of course had a lot of new stimulus to deal with. However, the rest of the herd also goes through an adjustment because "friends" and/or possibly nemisis have been removed from the scene. Just as much humming goes on at either end. It will of course subside in a few days but just another phenomenon to observe in the never-ending fascination of owning alpacas!