Do alpacas like mice?

I have seen photos of someone holding a baby/small toddler in place on the back of an easy going alpaca, but that's the extent of it. ... They are not built for riding, it's like asking “can you ride a sheep?” Alpacas are kept for companionship, fibre and breeding and in their original homeland, also for meat. read more

Alpaca ’s are herbivores, and eat plants. They do not normally eat animals. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if they would eat a freshly dead mouse if they came across one; they can’t live on meat, but they wouldn’t be the only herbivore to do this for the chalk from the mouse’s bones, and possibly other nutrients. read more

In the U.S., alpacas were only thought of as fiber animals (rather than meat animals or dual purpose animals) for the first 15 or so years after initial importation. They were very expensive, easily costing $10,000–20,000 and greater per animal. read more

And sometimes, being a researcher means shearing alpacas for science. If you’re not familiar with alpacas, they are camel-like animals native to South America, and they are known for their high-quality wool. To collect this wool, of course, you need to shear the animals, just like you do for sheep. read more