We have had to do this a few times over the past year .

We have discovered a couple of tricks that seem to help ease the situation considerably, reducing the stress levels on all concerned.

1. Let the animals ‘meet’ each other through a fence for a few hours or if possible, over night.
2. Once you are ready to put the animals together, pop all animals into a fresh paddock so that the new members to the herd aren't coming into a situation where the rest of the herd already has established ‘patterns’ of behaviour set for that paddock. It effectively puts everyone on a more level playing field.

Alpaca have a hierarchy and it shuffles and changes regularly. I have found that this technique has worked well for both male and female herds.

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