Pocket Alpaca

Pocket Alpaca Welcome to Pocket Alpaca. Based in beautiful Devon we have a herd of 29 Alpaca.
12 breeding females, 3 proven studs which we offer for stud service.

18/04/2026

Halter training πŸ’ͺ

We are smashing it πŸ™Œ Still need a lot of work, but the babies are making excellent progress.
πŸ’« of the week is awarded to Gary & Barry πŸ’« 🀭

I could not do it without the continual help of our volunteers 🧑








Persistence pays off πŸ˜€After lots of patience and daily practice, our last cria is finally eating hard feed - and straigh...
29/03/2026

Persistence pays off πŸ˜€

After lots of patience and daily practice, our last cria is finally eating hard feed - and straight from our hands!
Seeing all five of them eating confidently is such a rewarding feeling. Now that we've mastered mealtimes, we've moved onto walking skills on the halter πŸ™ŒπŸ˜πŸ¦™








24/03/2026

Pub walks and cria triumphs πŸ¦™βœ¨οΈ

We had a lovely sunny walk to The Otter Inn, Weston where the boys enjoyed some "paddock pints" ( AKA fresh grass snacks)

Meanwhile, "cria school" is officially in session. We're working on halter training and hit a maior milestone today: one of our hold - outs finally started eating hard feed πŸ‘. We are so proud of this little ones progress.✨️

A massive thank you to our wonderful volunteers, Andy & Nicki. From the long walks to the patient training sessions, we couldn't do this without you. 🧑







Sun's out and so are the Alpaca πŸŒžπŸ¦™There's nothing quite like a walk in the sunshine 🌞 to lift everyone's spirits ✨️ Afte...
19/03/2026

Sun's out and so are the Alpaca πŸŒžπŸ¦™

There's nothing quite like a walk in the sunshine 🌞 to lift everyone's spirits ✨️ After all the damp weather, you can tell how happy the boy's are to finally be dry and fluffy again.

They are walking beautifully on their halters.





We are making great progress with the babies - 3/5 cria are now hand - feeding! We are still working on winning over the...
17/03/2026

We are making great progress with the babies - 3/5 cria are now hand - feeding!
We are still working on winning over the other two.

The girls look like they are finally drying out. Nothing like a little sunshine to turn soggy alpaca into fluffy clouds β˜οΈπŸ¦™πŸ¦™






16/03/2026

Meet Pablo πŸˆβ€β¬›
With the help of The Cats Protection in Honiton, we rescued this beautiful boy πŸ₯°

Needing some help with pest control we thought a farm cat would be ideal. We needed a cat happy to live out on the farm. This little boy, for various reasons, fit our needs perfectly.

He's been with us for almost a year now. He has become a very important part of our family πŸ˜πŸˆβ€β¬›
Pablo is helping with rodents, but even more of a bonus he has formed a very close bond with our daughter Indi πŸ’•
I have also become a huge fan of Pablo, we love him to bits ❀️








Today was a pretty miserable day. Very misty/foggy and wet. We decided against a walk. Most people slow down in their ca...
09/03/2026

Today was a pretty miserable day. Very misty/foggy and wet. We decided against a walk. Most people slow down in their cars for us, but you always get one that doesn't! With the mist, we thought better of it.
Andy thought we could try some halter training with the babies 😍
After some persuasion, we sent the mums out to the paddock. Got the babies into the shelter and tried on some halters. It's a slow steady process, with lots of encouragement 😁






03/03/2026

It's been lovely having a few dry days. Meant we could get back out walking 😁






The highlight of our day today ✨️ baby Gary fed from hand for the first time ✨️ He does love his hard feed and will feed...
02/02/2026

The highlight of our day today ✨️ baby Gary fed from hand for the first time ✨️ He does love his hard feed and will feed from the trough, but today Andy managed to get Gary to feed from his hand πŸ˜€
Clever boy Gary. Slowly building up trust πŸ™Œ






24/01/2026

After a long break we started back walking, then stopped again! The weather has just been awful!

We made the decision to bring the girls home from their winter grazing today. The paddock had turned into a muddy mess. The girls walked happily home and have stayed in their shelter to dry out πŸ™Œ

We've also had quite a bit of flooding here, thankfully it's soaked away now πŸ™Œ
The boys didn't seem to mind, they thought The River Otter had come to them! 🀣
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Merry Christmas from us all at Pocket Alpaca πŸŽ„Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, your continual help has made a huge...
23/12/2025

Merry Christmas from us all at Pocket Alpaca πŸŽ„
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, your continual help has made a huge difference to myself and the Alpaca β€οΈπŸ’™β€οΈ Andy, Nicki & Kirsty we are so grateful πŸ™

Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026

Our beautiful Glen ❀️
She took a while to choose her outfit, but was happy with the end result! πŸ€£πŸŽ„
Thank you so much Andy, it's bloody brilliant πŸ‘ πŸŽ…

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Otters Pocket, Weston
Honiton
EX143PF

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