Fowberry Alpaca Knitwear and Alpaca Gifts
Alpaca Bird Nesting Material
Alpaca fleece is the ultimate camouflaged nesting material for birds to create a soft, warm nest to raise their young. This animal fibre uniquely shares the characteristics of both hair and wool with incomparable insulating qualities to protect the alpacas from the extremes of temperature found in their homeland of the Andes. Because the fibre isn’t sticky with lanolin, like sheep wool, birds find it easy to select and extract what they require for nest building. Although the fibre comes in twenty-two natural colours, the darker colours of black and brown provide the birds’ nests with good protection from predators who are drawn to white and lighter colours. Alpaca fibre is as soft as cashmere, but one of the strongest animal fibres in the world - just what your birds would choose. A recent experiment has shown that birds more readily pull fleece from a bird suet feeder - see photo below of alpaca Hermione's fleece in dispenser.
70g—sufficient for dozens of birds’ nests
Your packet of fleece will have the name of the alpaca who donated it and instructions for use. Discounts for larger quantities (please contact us for more information).
We sell nearly three hundred bags of bird nesting material each year and would very much appreciate receiving any feedback regarding how quickly your birds take to the fibre and if you have bought more than one bag, did you see them choose any particular colour? Did they pick any piece of fibre or did they search for just the right bit like squirrels do? This information may help us to offer your birds a better product in the future.
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