Help Fill the Hayloft
Help Us Raise $12,000 to Feed 63 Llamas and Alpacas Through this Winter
Amount Impact
$12 Buys one small square bale & one square is filled on the chart
$48 Buys 4 small bales and fills 4 squares on the chart!
$120 Buys one Big Round Bale and fills one large square on the chart
$96 Buys 8 small bales & feeds one llama for 100 days!!
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WooHoo! The hayloft is FULL!
Bless you ‘LA’ and all who donated for your insatiable llama love!
Total Required = $12,000
Total Raised = $9,070
updated 4 Oct 2025
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$3,700 Still Needed
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FAQ’s on The Llama Sanctuary Hay Policy
How much hay does a llama eat?
When planning how much winter hay to buy each year, we estimate 4lbs of hay per llama/alpaca per day.
Do you feed hay all year round?
All the residents living in The Refirmary (intensive care unit) have access to hay 24/7/365. Many of these llamas are elderly, underweight, sick or injured. Many also have limited mobility and need access to good quality nutrition without having to forage for it. Those living in isolation pens and paddocks will also have access to hay most of the time. Otherwise, we calculate on feeding hay for 200 days of the year. The scorching weather of 2023 left the pastures dry and parched and we had to feed hay for an additional 10 weeks.
What kind of hay do you buy?
If you get all of your hay from one supplier, then you are hoping that all the nutrients required are available from one field. Llamas are nomadic, which means their nutrition comes from a much wider area with a greater chance of getting everything they need. We do the same. We try and buy different types of hay from multiple sources: First, Cut, Second Cut and Third Cut grass hay from different suppliers, wrapped silage and haylage, oat hay and then some grass/alfalfa mix for the skinny llamas.
How much hay do you buy in total?
Today’s calculation is 63 llamas x 4lbs/day x 200 days = 50,400lbs
That works out to roughly 600 small square bales and 50 large round bales
We then add 10% since we are likely to be feeding more mouths than we have at present.
Where do we store the hay?
The hayloft above the intensive care facility at The Llama Sanctuary, commonly called The Refirmary, holds about 400 small square bales. Another 200 square bales are stored with the round bales in a barn at the other end of the Sanctuary. Wrapped silage and haylage can stay outside in the elements until needed.
Do you have hay leftover at the end of the year?
Hopefully! As the weather changes late in the year, the available grass contains less nutrition and the llamas are beginning to get hungry. We supplement that grass with hay leftover from the previous season