Ted's Diary
written by Amen Ra (Ted) The Alpaca of Distinction

July 27th.  I think I've been a bit silly. It wasn't MY fault, honest. It was all to do with those silly pictures the "Other Half" gave me so that I'd know what a fox and a badger looked like. (See Diary Page July 9)

The BOSS has given me real pictures now, and it certainly looks an awful lot like my new friend Wiley, well.... it sort of looks like he just might be..... a Fox! He told me he was a "Kitsune". Well I didn't know what that was, but I've looked it up on my laptop and it seems he thinks he's related to the Japanese Fox God! More likely Basil Brush!

Oh Dear, how am I ever going to explain this one away? Perhaps no-one will find out. I won't mention it to anyone. I just can't wait for Wiley to turn up again, I think he and I need a little "talk".

On to more pleasant things; young Chris is a real cutie-pie! "Other Half" is racing around the field trying to get photographs of him, but he likes that game and keeps running away as soon as he sees the camera.

Then we really got something to watch! "Other Half" and the BOSS decided to pick up Chris to make sure he was developing OK. "Not such a bad idea" I hear you say. BUT Betsy is his mum! And Betsy is VERY protective of her little offspring. And Betsy won't let anyone touch her little baby, or else!

We've never seen so much green, smelly, goo-ey spit flying out of one animal as we saw from Betsy, and it was very well aimed! The BOSS and "Other Half" were coated! It was in their hair, on their faces, their clothes. It was dripping and smelling from them as they beat a very hasty retreat out of the paddock. We had a grandstand view, and luckily the wind was in the right direction for us - of course there is no right direction for the person doing the green "Hulk" impression. Not until after liberal scrubbing under the shower!

More people came to visit Fred, yesterday. I'm starting to get a bit jealous. He's getting more visitors than I am. But I have to say, the human ladies do smell awfully nice. What DID that VET do to me last week? I've never felt this way about humans before, but at least I feel fine and the way I walk is getting back to normal!

The weather is HOT, HOT, HOT!  I don't mind, because I've got my executive gazebo with it's own water and hay supplies, in fact all us alpacas have nice shady shelters to rest in. Of course it helps to have your own humans to top up supplies as they run down. My, but don't they sweat a lot as they run around the field after us!