How often should you shear alpacas?

How often do you shear them? What do you do with the fiber? Alpacas are sheared once a year, usually in May or June when the weather gets hot. Alpaca fiber can be sold to hand spinners, knitters, fiber cooperatives and made into farm store products. read more

Alpacas go without food and water in their natural alpaca habitat, but doing so stresses an alpaca. When alpacas fear for their survival they will abort babies. Keep your alpacas free of stress by making sure that each alpaca is able to feed freely and have plenty of water and you will have less cria losses. read more

Shear your alpacas each year in the spring. This schedule allows them to have short wool in the summer heat and long wool through the winter. Consider the heat and humidity in your area to determine the best time in spring to shear. read more

Alpacas should be sheared once per year (at least in the U.S. regions), before the summer heat hits. I have read of some people in Florida doing a second shear in an especially bad late summer heat wave, but it’s not common. read more