by Lynne | Sep 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today is the day! We are just ‘saddling’ up Haven to help us attract a six year old llama female into the trailer. This female has never been handled, nor haltered and has free run of a very steep five acres of bare land as guardian to a herd of goats. Her 80 year old...
by David | Jul 30, 2014 | Baby Llamas, Birthing & Babies, Birthing & Pregnancy, Uncategorized
You don’t need to be a mother to be in awe of the miracle of birth; a process so complex that it is amazing that it unfolds perfectly almost every single time. From the countless llama births that we have been privileged to witness at the Llama Sanctuary, only...
by David | Feb 24, 2014 | Fundraising, Hill Climbing, Humour, Llama Behaviour, Llama Sanctuary, The Sound of Music, Uncategorized
Having recently themed a couple of other llama sanctuary posts on ‘The Sound of Music,’ I read over the weekend that Maria von Trapp died recently at the age of 99. She was the last surviving member of the von Trapp Family Singers, whose story inspired...
by David | Jan 15, 2013 | Bark Eating, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Llama Behaviour, Llama Habits, Llama Health, Uncategorized
Llamas love to eat coarse woody twigs and bark, especially willow as it aids digestion.
by David | Dec 6, 2012 | Baby Llamas, Broken Bones, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Homoeopathy & Camelids, Llama Diseases, Llama Health, Uncategorized
….continued from Part 1 of The Many Woes of Ping Unfortunately, Pings ears didn’t fare as well as her lungs. The upper 4 inches of each ear was so badly frozen, they never recovered. The ears cracked and bled and our repeated attempts to create hats and...
by David | Nov 26, 2012 | Baby Llamas, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Llama Diseases, Llama Health, Uncategorized, Urine Therapy
Although this story has previously been posted on our fibre arts blog www.fabinbc.com it rightfully belongs here amongst the llamas. All of our llamas have a story to tell, but perhaps none more painful and tragic, yet more inspiring than that of Ping. This is...