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Drench day today. One of the reasons we do all the handling with the cria is to make them easy to do husbandry tasks with. Here is kingsman giving a perfect demo. The handler is my husband Simon. We give a mineral supplement drench every 5 weeks, just to make sure they have sufficient levels, as we don’t have much in our natural environment for the (these vitamins/minerals are much mordd we available in the Andes). They also get their daily mineral suppliment (Camelibra) and vitamins A,D and E (