by David | Mar 21, 2020 | Cold Weather Fedding, Deep Snow, Donations, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Fundraising, Llama Rescue
Just when the number of enquiries and the number of surrendered animals goes up, the funding and the donations go down or stop altogether
by David | Apr 23, 2014 | Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Foraging
Fresh vegetation is still sparse at this time of year, but the llamas would much prefer to spend the day searching around the trails for fresh nibbles, than to hang around the barn eating hay. Even paddling in the pond to grab a few willow buds seems to be worthwhile...
by David | Feb 18, 2014 | Coniferous Trees, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Foraging
Any llama keeper will tell you that camelids absolutely adore eating coniferous trees. Pine, spruce, larch, hemlock and even cedar trees are all a favoured element of the llamas diet. In winter, they crave the spicy greenery which droops down under a heavy snowload,...
by David | Feb 13, 2014 | Feeding Llamas & Alpacas, Halter, Llamas in Winter
These narrow back roads really make life difficult in deep snow. Being held to ransom by gangs of marauding llamas is not uncommon in this neck of the woods. Thankfully, the llamas are not so fast off the shoveled path, so in emergencies we can dodge around...
by David | Feb 5, 2014 | Cold Weather Fedding, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas
Another week of cold weather, where the mercury struggles to rise above minus ten Celsius during the daytime, means that extra high protein rations are doled out to each and every member of the llama herd. Left to their own system, the stronger and more dominant...
by David | Jan 27, 2014 | Elderly Llamas, Feeding Llamas & Alpacas
If only there was an easy way to feed the llamas and ensure that each and every one of them received their fair share. Unfortunately, the strong, the demonstrative and the long-range spitters end up with everything, leaving the weak and elderly; the sick and the...