Have you ever thought about having an alpaca (羊驼) as a pet? Many people have. The alpaca is so cute that many people in China have shown great interest in buying one as a pet.
An alpaca looks like a sheep. It mainly lives in Australia and South America. It is cute, smart so it can be a good pet. But for the time being, alpacas are rare in China, and only a small number of people keep pet alpacas.
Alpacas are expensive, because they are transported (运输) from abroad, mainly from Australia or New Zealand. Most people buy the animal on the Internet. They cost as much as RMB 70.000 each. One Internet user said, “I really want to buy an alpaca for my daughter. It is so cute! But the price just seems a little too high.”
Although quite a few people want to have an alpaca keeping the animal is not easy. Buyers need to provide an area of open and cool land for it alpacas do not like hot weather. Besides, keeping an alpaca also means large costs. The alpaca likes to eat hay (干草) and carrots. If you raise an alpaca. the food will cost you about RMB 1,000 a month, not to mention the animal will even spit (吐口水) at you when it is not happy!
