Even though they're mostly grazers, alpacas can eat your fruit trees. To prevent them from stripping your trees of its leaves, install proper fencing or prune larger fruit trees up to six feet from the ground. Black cherry trees can be poisonous, especially if wilted, so keep the alpacas away from feeding on them.
What foods are toxic to alpacas?
Below is a list of commonly found poisonous plants:
- Ivy, particularly berries.
- Privet, particularly flowers and berries.
- Ragwort, cumulative effect.
- Bracken, cumulative effect.
- Buttercup, most toxic at time of flowering with 'burn' effect on mouth/lips.
- Foxglove.
- Horsetail.
What trees are poisonous to alpacas?
Such common trees as oak, black walnut, red maple, black locust, and buckeye are all known to contain poisonous chemicals. The trees are valuable for shade so cutting them down only leaves your alpacas more vulnerable to heat stress.
