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Llama clothing

Sat, 28 May 2016 06:22:07 +0100

New llama attire available on e-bay today, only £4.99! Ideal for mucking out on hot summer's day or leading llamas around the parade ring!

Premature birth

Sat, 28 May 2016 06:19:45 +0100

Something to share?
When faced with this situation last night, an unexpected delivery (or at least two weeks early), I got in a bit of a panic. Nothing noticeable developed for a good 40 minutes, all I could see was a face and feet swirling around in a bubble of water. I wasn't hopeful of anything coming out alive. I sought advice over the phone from family and friends and was told to burst the bag, not an easy task with a normally quite feisty female llama who just kept running away. I eventually managed to do so after cornering her in the shelter (food strongly attracts pregnant mothers). To my surprise, once I started to pull the mum worked with me to help force the cria out. I held it up by the back legs to help drain the air passages and there was a glimmer of hope when the mouth opened to take in air. The cria was weak and cold but with further expert guidance and moral support over the phone, a night of nursing has hopefully put her back on course. Now she has found her feet and mum's feed I feel a little more relaxed. I know some of you out there faced with this situation would have known exactly what to do but I thought sharing it would help those who didn't when faced with similar circumstances. Fore more see Hillview Llamas.

Feedback

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:53:59 +0100

I have been spending some considerable time developing this website as a gateway to resources on the WWW. It would be helpful to know if people find me sharing this useful or not.

Consequences of the excessive rain

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:41:26 +0100

Farmers are familiar with the consequences of excessive rain on grassland pastures and cattle but what about the effects on llamas of standing and even sitting in mud? Not everyone has the opportunity to bring their llamas under cover and some llamas choose to be outside when such cover is available to them. One assumes it can only be bad for them but does anyone know of any research on this?

Llama chat

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:27:40 +0100