Narrow Back Roads

Narrow Back Roads

by | 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...
The Hills Are Alive…..

The Hills Are Alive…..

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Fun and Games, Humour

The Sound of Music remains one of the most popular movies, if not THE most popular movie of all time, and for good reason; the songs are so memorable! Since yesterday’s post had me singing ‘My Favourite Things’ all day long, I wondered how many other...
Keeping Warm

Keeping Warm

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Llama Body, Llama Coats, Llamas in Winter, Shearing Llamas

Llamas have extremely thick woolly coats.  In fact, when shearing, you realize just how thin they really are!  Rambo is chronically ill and has lost most of of his body fat, making him susceptible to the cold.  Even with his naturally thick coat, without extra...
Llama Escort

Llama Escort

by | 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...
Llama Spit

Llama Spit

by | Jan 31, 2014 | Spitting

In the world of camelids (llama, alpaca, camel, guanaco and vicuna) spitting is the equivalent of throwing a stun grenade at your opponent. Despite being extremely effective at immobilizing their opponent, the spittor …..and anyone else in the vicinity, also...
Patience is my Greatest Virtue

Patience is my Greatest Virtue

by | Jan 28, 2014 | Llama Behaviour

If you want a test of your patience, stand in line with a group of llamas.  They can queue on a forest trail for hours! If only I could find some way to bottle it for later use.  The real test of patience comes at feeding time.  Some of them still have it in abundance...
Help With Feeding

Help With Feeding

by | 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...
Evening Walk

Evening Walk

by | Jan 23, 2014 | Foraging

It’s not often that the llamas want to go for a walk in the evening, but they obviously appreciate the milder temperatures as much as we do.  You can almost smell the excitement of the grass waiting to grow beneath the snow  ….or maybe I just stepped in...
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We respectfully acknowledge that The Llama Sanctuary is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Secwépemc (Shuswap) people. We are grateful for their stewardship of these lands since time immemorial and recognize the ongoing role of Indigenous communities in caring for the land, animals, and people. As a sanctuary dedicated to healing and connection, we strive to honour these values in our work.