Here are some links to various resources that might be of interest to you in your alpaca endeavors...

** Regional Alpaca Associations **

Gemini Stars is proud to be a member of following regional alpaca associations.

 
** Getting Started in the Alpaca Business ** 

This is an excellent article from the national Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association on how to get started with your own alpaca farm: Getting Started with Alpacas

 
 ** Location and Map to Our Farm ** 

Gemini Star Alpacas is located at 488 Lower Elgin Road, Elgin, Arizona 85611.

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 ** Educational Information **

Visit the Alpaca Academy for educational articles on alpacas. Provided by the Alpaca Registry Inc., this site is a vast resource full of information on alpacas.

Educational information on
Llamas, Alpacas, Guanacos, and Vicunas 1943-2006

Alpaca Show Results

 
 ** Alpaca & Farming Products **

All manner of supplies including vaccination and worming medication, halters and leads, books and videos on care and training,

• Q C Supply
  
• Useful Llama & Alpaca Items
• Quality Llama Products, Inc.
• Stevens Llama Tique
• Jeffers Livestock Supply
• KV Vet Supply

Large items: panels, chutes and scales, gates, and feeders.

• Kentucky Alpaca Center
• Light Livestock Equipment (camelid skin mix for mites)
• Arlyn Scales

Minerals:

• Cache La Poudre (alpaca minerals)
• Stillwater Minerals

 
 ** Alpaca Transporters **

• Cedar Ridge Alpaca Transport
• Homestead
• New West
• AlpacaNation List of Transporters

 
 ** Fleece Evaluations **

• Yocom McColl Wool Testing Labs
• Alpaca Fiber Consulting Services, USA
  

 
 ** Fleece Processing **

• Article: What To Do With Our Alpaca Fleece?
• Mills Hill Alpaca & Fiber Mill
• The Alpaca Blanket Project
  

 
 ** Alpaca Books **

You can find these books at Amazon.com, Useful Llama Items, or Quality Llama Products, Inc. The following books are a sample of what's available; the first three can get you started by helping you identify the characteristics to look at in animals you are purchasing, basic health care and basic neonatal care (for those pregnant dams).

• Secrets of the Andean Alpaca by Maggie and Richard Krieger
• Caring For Llamas and Alpacas - A Health and Management Guide by Claire Hoffman, DVM and Ingrid Asmus
• Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care by Smith, Timm and Long, DVMs
• Alpaca Field Manual, Second Edition - Dr. C. Norman Evans, D.V.M.
• The Complete Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman
• Llama and Alpaca Husbandry and Medical Care - Robert Pollard, DVM and Suzi Pollard
• The Camelid Companion by Marty McGee Bennett (on training)
• The Color Chart of the officially recognized colors can be purchased from the Alpaca Registry Inc.

 
 ** Alpaca Training **

For training alpacas and their owners:

• John Mallon — Gentling & Training Llamas & Alpacas
• Camelidynamics TTEAM (Tellington Touch Every Animal Method)
• Gentle Spirit Behavior & Training by Cathy Spaulding

 
 ** Alpaca Health **

Animal Poison Control Hotline: 1-888-426-4435 24 hr. Vet answered

• Poisonous Plants Informational Database
• Colorado State University Animal Care & Research
• PBS Animal Health

** Alpaca Research Foundation **

Alpaca Research Foundation is dedicated to funding medical and scientific research aimed at improving the health and vitality of North American alpacas.

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Gemini Star Alpacas, Barbara and Verne Riley
HC 1, Box 593 / 488 Lower Elgin Road, Elgin, Arizona 85611
Phone: 520-455-5623   Fax: 520-455-5623
Cell: 520-559-7054 (Barbara)   Cell: 520-559-7055 (Verne)

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All of our alpacas are tested and BVD free.